My Dear M^r B
As my sister wrote soon after our arrival
I thought it might as well be defer’d writing
you till I had the pleasure of answering one from
you which I receiv’d later than I expected
however I was very much pleas’d in hearing so
good an account of my Dear little Will = I daresay
he felt much less for his loss than I did – I have
been & still am very much perplex’d with my
milk it has not disorder’d me any further than
being painfull for y^r springing of it in, is as
fresh today as when I left you at first – O am
oblig’d to draw it myself two or three times a day,
which I assure {^you} sometimes makes me very low
tho’ upon the whole I am better than I ever thought
I shoud have been all my friends here make
it their study, to entertain me = I hope you will
excuse me not writing the day I got yours as we
were engag’d y^e night before to go out of Town in
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y^e morning threfeore had not time to write immediate=
=ly upon the receipt of this & let me know how you
go on – We have this day been hearing M^r Dawson
in y^e morn^g from Psalm 4&4 Verse & this afternoon
from Psalm y^e 144 & y^e last Verse Happy is y^e {?people}
y^t is in such a case yea happy is y^e people [damaged]
God is y^e Lord – May you & I be [deleted] of the happy
number: manifest, it by a life & conversation
becoming such characters; while here, & at last
may an abundant entrance be administered
to us into the joy of our Lord = The importance
of these things have too little weight with {?me}
I speak it with shame & I hope pray sincerely
that it may be otherwise the world & y^e tempta=
=tions of it; join’d with my wicked heart in [damaged]
& draw {^me} aside too ften from y^e cheifest good so
y^t I am constrain’d to use y^e words of Saul in
y^e Sam’l 24 Chap^r “I am [deleted] distress’d – for y^e Lord
gone from me” &c
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how many previous comforts have I lost thro’
giving way to sin I have sought them where
they never were to be found consequently have
been disappointed may y^e Lord never suffer me
to wander any more
M^r & M^rs W – Miss Lowe & my sister desire
their best respects to you present y^e same
from them & myself {^to} them at Shudehill
Sister expected a letter from them before now
& seems anxious to hear which I can [damaged]
for myself remember me to Bro^r William [damaged]
& M^rs Brad^y thank her for y^e trouble she
had with my D^r lad; & her letter with affect=
=ionate remembrance of you I conclude myself
yours sincerely
till Death
R Bateman
Leeds
Sabbath-day
Oct^r 12 1788
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M^r Bateman
Merch^t
Levers-Row
Manchester

My Dear M^r B
As my sister wrote soon after our arrival
I thought it might as well be defer’d writing
you till I had the pleasure of answering one from
you which I receiv’d later than I expected
however I was very much pleas’d in hearing so
good an account of my Dear little Will = I daresay
he felt much less for his loss than I did – I have
been & still am very much perplex’d with my
milk it has not disorder’d me any further than
being painfull for y^r springing of it in, is as
fresh today as when I left you at first – O am
oblig’d to draw it myself two or three times a day,
which I assure {^you} sometimes makes me very low
tho’ upon the whole I am better than I ever thought
I shoud have been all my friends here make
it their study, to entertain me = I hope you will
excuse me not writing the day I got yours as we
were engag’d y^e night before to go out of Town in
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y^e morning threfeore had not time to write immediate=
=ly upon the receipt of this & let me know how you
go on – We have this day been hearing M^r Dawson
in y^e morn^g from Psalm 4&4 Verse & this afternoon
from Psalm y^e 144 & y^e last Verse Happy is y^e {?people}
y^t is in such a case yea happy is y^e people [damaged]
God is y^e Lord – May you & I be [deleted] of the happy
number: manifest, it by a life & conversation
becoming such characters; while here, & at last
may an abundant entrance be administered
to us into the joy of our Lord = The importance
of these things have too little weight with {?me}
I speak it with shame & I hope pray sincerely
that it may be otherwise the world & y^e tempta=
=tions of it; join’d with my wicked heart in [damaged]
& draw {^me} aside too ften from y^e cheifest good so
y^t I am constrain’d to use y^e words of Saul in
y^e Sam’l 24 Chap^r “I am [deleted] distress’d – for y^e Lord
gone from me” &c
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how many previous comforts have I lost thro’
giving way to sin I have sought them where
they never were to be found consequently have
been disappointed may y^e Lord never suffer me
to wander any more
M^r & M^rs W – Miss Lowe & my sister desire
their best respects to you present y^e same
from them & myself {^to} them at Shudehill
Sister expected a letter from them before now
& seems anxious to hear which I can [damaged]
for myself remember me to Bro^r William [damaged]
& M^rs Brad^y thank her for y^e trouble she
had with my D^r lad; & her letter with affect=
=ionate remembrance of you I conclude myself
yours sincerely
till Death
R Bateman
Leeds
Sabbath-day
Oct^r 12 1788
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M^r Bateman
Merch^t
Levers-Row
Manchester