288 - Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 20 January 1792
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I have just time to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter by Mr Buzzards parcel. I am glad of any
favorable news from Manr & equally sorry to hear any
thing bad tho’ nothing but what I fear’d. I thank you
for the liberty you have given {^for me} to stay a forthnight
after the confinement if well reckoned it might
make 6 Weeks, however I think I shan’t accept it
My sister has been in tears most of this morning
owing to the Child being poorly, & not willing
to suck, the Mother seems rather better tonight
& I wish the Babe was so too. Please to accept
[damaged] best respects & present them to my Mamma
[damaged]
I remain
My Dr B’s truly affectionate
R Bateman
[damaged] Jany 20 1792
I have just time to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter by Mr Buzzards parcel. I am glad of any
favorable news from Manr & equally sorry to hear any
thing bad tho’ nothing but what I fear’d. I thank you
for the liberty you have given {^for me} to stay a forthnight
after the confinement if well reckoned it might
make 6 Weeks, however I think I shan’t accept it
My sister has been in tears most of this morning
owing to the Child being poorly, & not willing
to suck, the Mother seems rather better tonight
& I wish the Babe was so too. Please to accept
[damaged] best respects & present them to my Mamma
[damaged]
I remain
My Dr B’s truly affectionate
R Bateman
[damaged] Jany 20 1792
Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 20 January 1792
A short note acknowledging receipt of his letter expressing relief that the news from Manchester is not as bad as she had feared, providing information about her sister's recovery from childbirth and the ill-health of the infant.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [37]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1792
1
20
Jany 20 1792
[??Manchester??, ??Lancashire??, England]
[unknown, England]
primary author
consumption
- hurried
- uneasy
- affection
- apprehension
- distress
- fear
- love (familial)
- love (parental)
- sorrow
- worried
duty
- marriage
- siblings
To Cite this Letter
Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 20 January 1792, 2011792: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [37]
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.