My D^r B
I wrote you yesterday by Messrs Holland
& Burzards parcel, & mentioned my sisters
Child being poorly since then I have nothing
favorable to relate concerning it, but the
contrary, she is still very bad & is so much
altered that you woud not know her; I was
call’d up this morn^g between four & five
I found the mother crying which she had done
all the night instead of sleeping, she seems
very glad now that I am here, & seems very
unwilling for me to come home so soon,
therefore as this {^has} happen’d I coud wish to
stay till I see how it will turn they all
seem very anxious about her, & I think the
Old Gentⁿ as any. If you tell my
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Mamma do it cautiously lest she shoud {?fear}
too much for my sister. I hope to hear my Papa
is better & that Mamma’s spirits are still up.
We see daily that the Lord doeth his own will
as well among the inhabitants of the {?earth?
as the Armies of heaven, & it well becomes
us to say “It is well”. My Sister & M^r W join
in respects to all of you [damaged]
I conclude myself
{?your truly} affectionate
R Bateman
London
Aug^st 25^th 1792
Will you be kind enough to buy a piece of
Dimity of George Palfreyman, the same he
sold to Mr^s Sutton, I daresay he remembers
pattern & the quality it was 23 pence a yard.
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you may forward it by the waggon for my
sister as soon as you can get it

My D^r B
I wrote you yesterday by Messrs Holland
& Burzards parcel, & mentioned my sisters
Child being poorly since then I have nothing
favorable to relate concerning it, but the
contrary, she is still very bad & is so much
altered that you woud not know her; I was
call’d up this morn^g between four & five
I found the mother crying which she had done
all the night instead of sleeping, she seems
very glad now that I am here, & seems very
unwilling for me to come home so soon,
therefore as this {^has} happen’d I coud wish to
stay till I see how it will turn they all
seem very anxious about her, & I think the
Old Gentⁿ as any. If you tell my
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Mamma do it cautiously lest she shoud {?fear}
too much for my sister. I hope to hear my Papa
is better & that Mamma’s spirits are still up.
We see daily that the Lord doeth his own will
as well among the inhabitants of the {?earth?
as the Armies of heaven, & it well becomes
us to say “It is well”. My Sister & M^r W join
in respects to all of you [damaged]
I conclude myself
{?your truly} affectionate
R Bateman
London
Aug^st 25^th 1792
Will you be kind enough to buy a piece of
Dimity of George Palfreyman, the same he
sold to Mr^s Sutton, I daresay he remembers
pattern & the quality it was 23 pence a yard.
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you may forward it by the waggon for my
sister as soon as you can get it