305 - Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 23 November 1793

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My Dear B
I hope you got safe to your journeys end
but I shall not feel as I coud wish, till your safe
return, may the Lord grant it may be so; after
you left I was very low indeed & spent near an
hour in giving vent by tears, the next morning
I was little better, & shant be happy till I hear
from or rather see you. Your two sons are playg
about the room as usual, thro’ mercy quite in
health & spirits, they were both at Shudehill
to drink tea with me yesterday where I met
with your {^fellow} travellers widow, who is very well &
sent respects to her husband. I got my Aunt Richn
to sleep with me, & keep me company in the
day which I find a great relief, especially as all
in the kitchen are strange to me. My Mama
has a letter from London this morning my Sister
mentions old Mr W.s being very poorly, the
description she gave she wish’d Docr Taylor to hear
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which he has & says there is danger of a mortification
he is very low by being so much confined, & says
he cannot find the frame he wishes for at present
he is more desirous to live than die, it is a mercy
to be fitted for death & yet I don’t think all that
are so are desirous of it, to find a composedness
& willingness to wait the Lords time is perhaps
a much as we have reason to wish, in order to
be comfortable, yet as Eliz observes it requires
faith in lively exercise to do this, & to look with
composure on afflictions & death, Oh that this may
be our case when they arrive, & probably they are
not far from us, the daily losses & crosses we
experience in this life are certainly to prepare
our minds for these things, & my Dr B let them
not be lost upon you & I, but let us double our
diligence to make our our calling & election
sure {^so} that when death comes, we may receive
him as the friendly messenger to conduct us to
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to better Mansions even of peace & rest. Sister
mentions Jane Spear being well, & of having got
Rebekah home. My Papa & Mamma Aunt R
& Willm desire their respects to you & Cousin
R {^{?ather} with mine} if you can make them acceptable presentg
my own to yourself conclude me
your truly affectionate
Wife R Bateman
Manr Novr 23
1793
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Mr Thos Bateman
Tontine
Glasgow
My Dear B
I hope you got safe to your journeys end
but I shall not feel as I coud wish, till your safe
return, may the Lord grant it may be so; after
you left I was very low indeed & spent near an
hour in giving vent by tears, the next morning
I was little better, & shant be happy till I hear
from or rather see you. Your two sons are playg
about the room as usual, thro’ mercy quite in
health & spirits, they were both at Shudehill
to drink tea with me yesterday where I met
with your {^fellow} travellers widow, who is very well &
sent respects to her husband. I got my Aunt Richn
to sleep with me, & keep me company in the
day which I find a great relief, especially as all
in the kitchen are strange to me. My Mama
has a letter from London this morning my Sister
mentions old Mr W.s being very poorly, the
description she gave she wish’d Docr Taylor to hear
[new page]
which he has & says there is danger of a mortification
he is very low by being so much confined, & says
he cannot find the frame he wishes for at present
he is more desirous to live than die, it is a mercy
to be fitted for death & yet I don’t think all that
are so are desirous of it, to find a composedness
& willingness to wait the Lords time is perhaps
a much as we have reason to wish, in order to
be comfortable, yet as Eliz observes it requires
faith in lively exercise to do this, & to look with
composure on afflictions & death, Oh that this may
be our case when they arrive, & probably they are
not far from us, the daily losses & crosses we
experience in this life are certainly to prepare
our minds for these things, & my Dr B let them
not be lost upon you & I, but let us double our
diligence to make our our calling & election
sure {^so} that when death comes, we may receive
him as the friendly messenger to conduct us to
[new page]
to better Mansions even of peace & rest. Sister
mentions Jane Spear being well, & of having got
Rebekah home. My Papa & Mamma Aunt R
& Willm desire their respects to you & Cousin
R {^{?ather} with mine} if you can make them acceptable presentg
my own to yourself conclude me
your truly affectionate
Wife R Bateman
Manr Novr 23
1793
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Mr Thos Bateman
Tontine
Glasgow
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Rebekah Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 23 November 1793

Hoping that he has arrived safe, and expressing her fears for him on his journey, providing details of their sons since his departure, and of Mr W's [Mr Wilson?] serious illness and expressing faith in the Lord to guide him.

Bateman Family Papers

OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 6 [46]

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

1793

11

23

Novr 23 1793

Manchester

[Lancashire, England]

Mr Thos Bateman, Tontine, Glasgow

[Scotland]

reporting

  • concerned
  • hopeful
  • negative
  • religious
  • resigned

  • main body
  • opening

41-60%

People
Person: Rebekah Bateman
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primary author

spirits (body part)

  • crying
  • sleeping

separation

  • affection
  • apprehension
  • fear
  • hopeful
  • low
  • worried

  • disposition
  • duty
  • faith
  • virtuous

  • marriage
  • motherhood

Person: William Bateman
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other

  • drinking
  • recreation
  • visiting

childhood

  • health
  • strong
  • well

family

Person: Thomas Bateman (Junior)
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other

  • drinking
  • recreation
  • visiting

childhood

  • health
  • strong
  • well

family