273 - Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 13 August 1789
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I can with pleasure inform you
of our safe arrival thro’ much mercy, we
manag’d very well with our young traveller
he was much pleas’d with the journey & this
morning he has been upon the shore picking
stones & shells for Mam Mamma he is never
easy, in doors, & I don’t intend he shall, the
Bowling Green at the back of the house he is
much entertain’d with he throws the Bowls & then
runs after them which I think {^a} very healthy
employ for him. You’ll be so kind upon the
receipt of this to let them know at Shudehill;
& write soon excuse the shortness of this as
we are going to take a walk & I’m afraid of it
being too late for the post. My sister joins in
respects & duty to all relations.
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I remain
Mr Dr B your truly
Affectionate Wife
R Bateman
Liverpool
Augst 13 1789
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Mr Thos Bateman
Mercht
Manchester
I can with pleasure inform you
of our safe arrival thro’ much mercy, we
manag’d very well with our young traveller
he was much pleas’d with the journey & this
morning he has been upon the shore picking
stones & shells for Mam Mamma he is never
easy, in doors, & I don’t intend he shall, the
Bowling Green at the back of the house he is
much entertain’d with he throws the Bowls & then
runs after them which I think {^a} very healthy
employ for him. You’ll be so kind upon the
receipt of this to let them know at Shudehill;
& write soon excuse the shortness of this as
we are going to take a walk & I’m afraid of it
being too late for the post. My sister joins in
respects & duty to all relations.
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I remain
Mr Dr B your truly
Affectionate Wife
R Bateman
Liverpool
Augst 13 1789
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Mr Thos Bateman
Mercht
Manchester
Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 13 August 1789
A short letter telling him of their safe arrival, and describing William's happiness on the beach.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [24]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1789
8
13
Augst 13 1789
Liverpool
[Lancashire, England]
Mr Thos Bateman, Merchant, Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
primary author
- travel
- walking
- health
- hurried
- safe
- well
- affection
- love
faith
- marriage
- motherhood
My Dear Mr B
primary addressee
writing
separation
other
- sight-seeing
- travel
active
childhood
- active
- easy
- health
happy
environment
To Cite this Letter
Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 13 August 1789, 1381789: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [24]
To Cite this Edition
Material Identities, Social Bodies: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820. Compiled by: Karen Harvey, Helen Esfandiary, Sarah Fox, Emily Vine, University of Birmingham. Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2021-2025, Ref. RPG-2020-163), https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk.