282 - Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 20 July 1791
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all surpriz’d at your expecting a letter, I
intended to have wrote, but forgot, till after
post time, this I hope you’ll excuse as it was
not wilfully done. I approve of your plan
of my coming home very much & Mrs I
together with your little Niece & {^either Mr} or} Miss Sutton
will accompany me in a Chaise on Friday
morning to meet you {^& Willm} at Macclesfield by
one aClock if nothing happens. I am really
very sorry to hear of such confusion at Manr
& hope nothing so gloomy will be the event
as to cause any necessity for a removal
if there shoud, you’ll be kind enough to
write me by return & I shall have it on
Friday by breakfast time but I trust the
Lord will restrain the wrath of foolish man
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& not suffer them to go to such lengths as
in other places has been the case. Present
my respects to my Father & Mother, Wilm
& accept them yourself from
Dr B
Yours very sincerely
R Bateman
[deleted]
Leek July 20 1791
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Mr Bateman
Cotton Mercht
all surpriz’d at your expecting a letter, I
intended to have wrote, but forgot, till after
post time, this I hope you’ll excuse as it was
not wilfully done. I approve of your plan
of my coming home very much & Mrs I
together with your little Niece & {^either Mr} or} Miss Sutton
will accompany me in a Chaise on Friday
morning to meet you {^& Willm} at Macclesfield by
one aClock if nothing happens. I am really
very sorry to hear of such confusion at Manr
& hope nothing so gloomy will be the event
as to cause any necessity for a removal
if there shoud, you’ll be kind enough to
write me by return & I shall have it on
Friday by breakfast time but I trust the
Lord will restrain the wrath of foolish man
[new page]
& not suffer them to go to such lengths as
in other places has been the case. Present
my respects to my Father & Mother, Wilm
& accept them yourself from
Dr B
Yours very sincerely
R Bateman
[deleted]
Leek July 20 1791
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Mr Bateman
Cotton Mercht
Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 20 July 1791
Noting that their letters have crossed in the post, and that he is probably reading hers at the same time as she is reading hers, discussing her travel arrangements home, worrying about recent events at Manchester and hoping that the Lord with restrain the wrath of foolish man.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [35]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1791
7
20
July 2- 1791
Leek
[Staffordshire, England]
Mr Bateman, Cotton Merchant, Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
primary author
- travel
- writing
- apprehension
- distress
- sorrow
- worried
faith
family
To Cite this Letter
Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 20 July 1791, 2071791: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [35]
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.