238 - Rebekah Hope to Thomas Bateman Jnr, 16 February 1809

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Islington Feb 16th 1809
My dear Brother
I received your kind and welcome
letter with pleasure and as I am at my aunts to
day to see my cousin off I thought it would be a
good opportunity {^to answer} it without the inspection of the
Miss Martins I received a letter from my brother
yesterday and he is very angry with me for not
netting him a watch ribbon but I thought as
he has got a gold chain he has no {^need} of another
and I have net him one before I was very sorry
to hear that my grandmama had had another fit
but I hope she will soon recover again
I am also very {^sorry} to hear that Mrs {?Auteyard} is so
much indisposed as it shortens my cousins stay
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In London I have written to Miss Hurry by my
cousin I hear she wishes me to write to her every
fortnight but she must not expect that for I
have so much to do at school that I have no
time to write to my relations. I have sent you
two of my drawings but they are two that I
did before those which I sent to you by
my papa but I expect to go into colours the
next time the drawing master comes and I hope
by midsummer to bring you some very good ones
Pray write to me soon [deleted] give my love
to all friends and believe me
your affectionate sister,
R Bateman
P.S Do not shew this to my papa for it is so
very badly written owing to a bad pen and not
having a knife to mend it that I am quite
ashamed of it Cousin R W sends her love to you
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Master Bateman
Islington Feb 16th 1809
My dear Brother
I received your kind and welcome
letter with pleasure and as I am at my aunts to
day to see my cousin off I thought it would be a
good opportunity {^to answer} it without the inspection of the
Miss Martins I received a letter from my brother
yesterday and he is very angry with me for not
netting him a watch ribbon but I thought as
he has got a gold chain he has no {^need} of another
and I have net him one before I was very sorry
to hear that my grandmama had had another fit
but I hope she will soon recover again
I am also very {^sorry} to hear that Mrs {?Auteyard} is so
much indisposed as it shortens my cousins stay
[new page]
In London I have written to Miss Hurry by my
cousin I hear she wishes me to write to her every
fortnight but she must not expect that for I
have so much to do at school that I have no
time to write to my relations. I have sent you
two of my drawings but they are two that I
did before those which I sent to you by
my papa but I expect to go into colours the
next time the drawing master comes and I hope
by midsummer to bring you some very good ones
Pray write to me soon [deleted] give my love
to all friends and believe me
your affectionate sister,
R Bateman
P.S Do not shew this to my papa for it is so
very badly written owing to a bad pen and not
having a knife to mend it that I am quite
ashamed of it Cousin R W sends her love to you
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Master Bateman
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Rebekah Hope to Thomas Bateman Jnr, 16 February 1809

Taking the opportunity to write without the oversight of Miss Martins, about William's anger with her for not making him a watch-ribbon, discussing her time at school and enclosing some of her latest drawings. Reference to being unable to mend her pen due to her lack of a knife.

Bateman Family Papers

OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 4 [6]

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

1809

2

16

Feb 16th 1809

Islington

[London, England]

[??Liverpool??, ??Lancashire??, England]

  • enquiry
  • reporting
  • response

  • happy
  • humorous
  • positive

  • opening
  • throughout (consistent)

21-40%

People
Person: Rebekah Hope
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primary author

  • drawing
  • gifting
  • making
  • visiting
  • writing

youth

  • hurried
  • well

  • affection
  • apprehension
  • grateful
  • happy
  • hopeful
  • love
  • shame
  • sorrow

  • duty
  • education

school

  • family
  • siblings

Person: William Bateman
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my brother

other

anger

  • family
  • siblings

Person: Sarah Clegg
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grandmama

other

  • fits
  • illness

ill-health

  • body - unchanged
  • health - unchanged