284 - Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 10 July 1791
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My Dear B
Your letter this morning alarm’d me
before it was read, lest something had been the
matter more than I found, however I cannot say
that I was altogether pleas’d with its contents
but I think as Mr Smith has put it on the
condition of my being at home he cannot take
it amiss if you plead that as an excuse at
this time, I woud not wish this to be done if that
was the only reason but you know that at present
our house is not in a state to receive company
& was I to come at the time you mention
it woud not be in my power to get it
ready, by the day they propose so I shall esteem
it a favor if you will put off the visit till
another time, for the above reason or reasons
if I did not think them sufficient I coud
{???ge} more, my friends here will not hear of
my going so soon, & as I seldom come from
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home.
I don’t like the thoughts of being {^hurried} back especially
as things are very agreeable here & by your
account the same with you.Mrs I is very
desirous for me to put on mourning while
I am here which I woud rather not & cannot
do without having my Black silk sent {?home}
to oblige The above is set aside. I will {^be} oblig’d
to you to ask my Aunt Martha to be so kind
as match the inclos’d piece of Cotton for Mrs [damaged]
with three yards it must be quite plain with
out border & send it in a parcel with {^word} what it
has cost. Tell Polly to go forward {^with ye cleaning} she may [damaged]
the paint, all up stairs, & then the rest will
be sooner done when I return. I shall
like to know soon how you order with Mr
Smith expecting it soon
I remain
Yours very sincerely
R Bateman
Respects & present my best respects to Mama
Papa Aunts {?Bror} &c &c when you are [damaged]
at know the particulars of Mrs [damaged]
when & where &c &c whether you have [damaged]
from Rich’d & in what way he [damaged]
by that it may be possible to [damaged]
judgement how he feels.
Leek July 10 1791
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Mr Bateman
Cotton Mercht
Manchester
Your letter this morning alarm’d me
before it was read, lest something had been the
matter more than I found, however I cannot say
that I was altogether pleas’d with its contents
but I think as Mr Smith has put it on the
condition of my being at home he cannot take
it amiss if you plead that as an excuse at
this time, I woud not wish this to be done if that
was the only reason but you know that at present
our house is not in a state to receive company
& was I to come at the time you mention
it woud not be in my power to get it
ready, by the day they propose so I shall esteem
it a favor if you will put off the visit till
another time, for the above reason or reasons
if I did not think them sufficient I coud
{???ge} more, my friends here will not hear of
my going so soon, & as I seldom come from
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home.
I don’t like the thoughts of being {^hurried} back especially
as things are very agreeable here & by your
account the same with you.
desirous for me to put on mourning while
I am here which I woud rather not & cannot
do without having my Black silk sent {?home}
to oblige
to you to ask my Aunt Martha to be so kind
as match the inclos’d piece of Cotton for Mrs [damaged]
with three yards it must be quite plain with
out border & send it in a parcel with {^word} what it
has cost. Tell Polly to go forward {^with ye cleaning} she may [damaged]
the paint, all up stairs, & then the rest will
be sooner done when I return. I shall
like to know soon how you order with Mr
Smith expecting it soon
I remain
Yours very sincerely
R Bateman
Respects & present my best respects to Mama
Papa Aunts {?Bror} &c &c when you are [damaged]
at know the particulars of Mrs [damaged]
when & where &c &c whether you have [damaged]
from Rich’d & in what way he [damaged]
by that it may be possible to [damaged]
judgement how he feels.
Leek July 10 1791
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Mr Bateman
Cotton Mercht
Manchester
My Dear B
Your letter this morning alarm’d me
before it was read, lest something had been the
matter more than I found, however I cannot say
that I was altogether pleas’d with its contents
but I think as Mr Smith has put it on the
condition of my being at home he cannot take
it amiss if you plead that as an excuse at
this time, I woud not wish this to be done if that
was the only reason but you know that at present
our house is not in a state to receive company
& was I to come at the time you mention
it woud not be in my power to get it
ready, by the day they propose so I shall esteem
it a favor if you will put off the visit till
another time, for the above reason or reasons
if I did not think them sufficient I coud
{???ge} more, my friends here will not hear of
my going so soon, & as I seldom come from
[new page]
home.
I don’t like the thoughts of being {^hurried} back especially
as things are very agreeable here & by your
account the same with you.Mrs I is very
desirous for me to put on mourning while
I am here which I woud rather not & cannot
do without having my Black silk sent {?home}
to oblige The above is set aside. I will {^be} oblig’d
to you to ask my Aunt Martha to be so kind
as match the inclos’d piece of Cotton for Mrs [damaged]
with three yards it must be quite plain with
out border & send it in a parcel with {^word} what it
has cost. Tell Polly to go forward {^with ye cleaning} she may [damaged]
the paint, all up stairs, & then the rest will
be sooner done when I return. I shall
like to know soon how you order with Mr
Smith expecting it soon
I remain
Yours very sincerely
R Bateman
Respects & present my best respects to Mama
Papa Aunts {?Bror} &c &c when you are [damaged]
at know the particulars of Mrs [damaged]
when & where &c &c whether you have [damaged]
from Rich’d & in what way he [damaged]
by that it may be possible to [damaged]
judgement how he feels.
Leek July 10 1791
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Mr Bateman
Cotton Mercht
Manchester
Your letter this morning alarm’d me
before it was read, lest something had been the
matter more than I found, however I cannot say
that I was altogether pleas’d with its contents
but I think as Mr Smith has put it on the
condition of my being at home he cannot take
it amiss if you plead that as an excuse at
this time, I woud not wish this to be done if that
was the only reason but you know that at present
our house is not in a state to receive company
& was I to come at the time you mention
it woud not be in my power to get it
ready, by the day they propose so I shall esteem
it a favor if you will put off the visit till
another time, for the above reason or reasons
if I did not think them sufficient I coud
{???ge} more, my friends here will not hear of
my going so soon, & as I seldom come from
[new page]
home.
I don’t like the thoughts of being {^hurried} back especially
as things are very agreeable here & by your
account the same with you.
desirous for me to put on mourning while
I am here which I woud rather not & cannot
do without having my Black silk sent {?home}
to oblige
to you to ask my Aunt Martha to be so kind
as match the inclos’d piece of Cotton for Mrs [damaged]
with three yards it must be quite plain with
out border & send it in a parcel with {^word} what it
has cost. Tell Polly to go forward {^with ye cleaning} she may [damaged]
the paint, all up stairs, & then the rest will
be sooner done when I return. I shall
like to know soon how you order with Mr
Smith expecting it soon
I remain
Yours very sincerely
R Bateman
Respects & present my best respects to Mama
Papa Aunts {?Bror} &c &c when you are [damaged]
at know the particulars of Mrs [damaged]
when & where &c &c whether you have [damaged]
from Rich’d & in what way he [damaged]
by that it may be possible to [damaged]
judgement how he feels.
Leek July 10 1791
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Mr Bateman
Cotton Mercht
Manchester
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Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 10 July 1791
Expresses her displeasure at the contents of his letter, and asking him to defer any visitors to the house as it is not in a fit state, refusing to be hurried back from her trip to Leek, and providing instructions for the purchase of fabric and instructing the servants
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [33]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1791
7
10
July 1 1791
Leek
[Staffordshire, England]
Mr Bateman, Cotton Merchant, Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
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- cleaning
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- visiting
- aesthetics
- clothing
- hurried
- uneasy
- distress
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- worried
at home
- family
- friendship
- motherhood