219 - Rebekah Hope to Thomas Bateman (junior), undated

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My dear brother,
I received your letter with
great pleasure but I was ashamed to think
it was the third letter I had not answered
I hope you will excuse it this time
as I have so much to do at school and
I will not neglect you so another times
I had a letter yesterday from William fa=
=voured by Mr Fletcher he was very well and
wrote in very good spirits , he seems to anti=
=cipate the pleasure of seeing me at mid=
=summer and he cannot anticipate it with
greater pleasure than I for I long to
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See you all once more. I dare say you
will be surprised when I tell you that
Eliza Wilson is now a schoolfellow of
mine she seems to like it very much
I believe she would like to come to
Liverpool at midsummer but it is
Rebekah’s turn and I hope she will
go down with me. I hear by my cousin
Spear that Miss Jones’s are coming to
town I suppose you must have heard
of it: when you see them please do
remember me to them and likewise to
Miss Flurry and tell her I suppose
she remembers I wrote last. Cousin Spear
desires to be affectionately remembered to
you Give my duty to papa love to
cousins and believe me,
your very affectionate sister
R Bateman
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P.S Pray write soon and be assured I will
Answer it almost as soon as received.
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Mr T Bateman Jnr
Messrs Hawood & Barton
Liverpool
My dear brother,
I received your letter with
great pleasure but I was ashamed to think
it was the third letter I had not answered
I hope you will excuse it this time
as I have so much to do at school and
I will not neglect you so another times
I had a letter yesterday from William fa=
=voured by Mr Fletcher he was very well and
wrote in very good spirits , he seems to anti=
=cipate the pleasure of seeing me at mid=
=summer and he cannot anticipate it with
greater pleasure than I for I long to
[new page]
See you all once more. I dare say you
will be surprised when I tell you that
Eliza Wilson is now a schoolfellow of
mine she seems to like it very much
I believe she would like to come to
Liverpool at midsummer but it is
Rebekah’s turn and I hope she will
go down with me. I hear by my cousin
Spear that Miss Jones’s are coming to
town I suppose you must have heard
of it: when you see them please do
remember me to them and likewise to
Miss Flurry and tell her I suppose
she remembers I wrote last. Cousin Spear
desires to be affectionately remembered to
you Give my duty to papa love to
cousins and believe me,
your very affectionate sister
R Bateman
[new page]
P.S Pray write soon and be assured I will
Answer it almost as soon as received.
[new page]
Mr T Bateman Jnr
Messrs Hawood & Barton
Liverpool
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Rebekah Hope to Thomas Bateman (junior), undated

Apologising for not answering three of his letters, providing details of their brother's health, and making arrangements to visit Liverpool on a rota with her cousins.

Bateman Family Papers

OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 4 [7]

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

180

True

[??Islington??, ??London??, England]

Mr T Bateman Jnr, Messrs Hawood & Barton, Liverpool

[Lancashire, England]

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  • apologetic
  • happy
  • hopeful
  • humorous
  • positive

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People
Person: Rebekah Hope
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primary author

  • travel
  • visiting
  • writing

separation

youth

  • happy
  • love
  • love (familial)
  • shame

  • duty
  • education

school

siblings

Person: William Bateman
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other

spirits (body part)

  • travel
  • visiting

separation

  • health
  • well

  • happy
  • love

siblings