314 - Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 7 March 1782
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Without waitg an answer to my last
I take ye liberty of writing my dear friend being not
without some hopes of its finding acceptance at Chester. I
propos’d writing this morng before the arrival of your Papas
letter but findg it required an immediate answer I was
partly obliged to it – my Papa has deputized me to
acquaint you that he waited on Mr Dinwiddie directly
& that before you receive this you will be satisfied
concerning The Bill &c – My Mama & Papa beg their
kind respects to Mr & Mrs Hodson & beg ye favor of your
company at Manchester this Spring – I don’t hear we can
obtain leave to see Chester before you pay us a visit so
must beg you to use your interest to come soon.
We heard by a letter from Lucy last Thursday
of Mr Rylands marriage – as also of Miss {?Mackaness} with
a Mr Harvey a Gentleman from New York who came
along with her father. Mrs Wykes is also safely
[new page]
delivered of a son. Miss Reeves has left school &
is with her Aunt Griffiths where she is be all winter
I forgot to tell you that Miss Patty Simpson was
Brides Maid – I really shoud as soon have guest of
any in ye school being married before [deleted] Miss {?Mackaness} of any size
I mean; she was so exceeding childish but be that
as it may she has begun ye world soon & may perhaps
repent it but I woud not say too much for we are
ignorant of what is allotted for us – If she has got
a serious good man twill be more agreeable & be a
means [deleted] to make her troubles seem lighter as
no doubt she will met with some.
There has been in ye course of ye last
week a very melancholy incidenthow happened here
a young person carried of ye stage of life in ye bloom
of youth, she was about twenty & died of childbed of ye
second Child but what added to ye shocking scene [deleted] {^her}
Husband was in scotland at ye time one may think
what a shock must seize him at ye news – This with
many falling daily by are loud calls to us to be ready
but as Dr Watts somewhere in his hymns says that
[new page]
tho
Infinite joy or endless woe
Attend on every Breath
Yet Oh how unconcern’d we go
Upon ye verge of Death
My Papa Mama Sister & self join in kind love
to you – begging you excuse this shamefull
writing {^I am} my dear
your very
affectionate Friend
R Clegg
Manchester
March 7
1782 Pray write me very soon
[new page]
Miss Hodson
Cuppins Lane
Chester
I take ye liberty of writing my dear friend being not
without some hopes of its finding acceptance at Chester. I
propos’d writing this morng before the arrival of your Papas
letter but findg it required an immediate answer I was
partly obliged to it – my Papa has deputized me to
acquaint you that he waited on Mr Dinwiddie directly
& that before you receive this you will be satisfied
concerning The Bill &c – My Mama & Papa beg their
kind respects to Mr & Mrs Hodson & beg ye favor of your
company at Manchester this Spring – I don’t hear we can
obtain leave to see Chester before you pay us a visit so
must beg you to use your interest to come soon.
We heard by a letter from Lucy last Thursday
of Mr Rylands marriage – as also of Miss {?Mackaness} with
a Mr Harvey a Gentleman from New York who came
along with her father. Mrs Wykes is also safely
[new page]
delivered of a son. Miss Reeves has left school &
is with her Aunt Griffiths where she is be all winter
I forgot to tell you that Miss Patty Simpson was
Brides Maid – I really shoud as soon have guest of
any in ye school being married before [deleted] Miss {?Mackaness} of any size
I mean; she was so exceeding childish but be that
as it may she has begun ye world soon & may perhaps
repent it but I woud not say too much for we are
ignorant of what is allotted for us – If she has got
a serious good man twill be more agreeable & be a
means [deleted] to make her troubles seem lighter as
no doubt she will met with some.
There has been in ye course of ye last
week a very melancholy incident
a young person carried of ye stage of life in ye bloom
of youth, she was about twenty & died of childbed of ye
second Child but what added to ye shocking scene [deleted] {^her}
Husband was in scotland at ye time one may think
what a shock must seize him at ye news – This with
many falling daily by are loud calls to us to be ready
but as Dr Watts somewhere in his hymns says that
[new page]
tho
Infinite joy or endless woe
Attend on every Breath
Yet Oh how unconcern’d we go
Upon ye verge of Death
My Papa Mama Sister & self join in kind love
to you – begging you excuse this shamefull
writing {^I am} my dear
your very
affectionate Friend
R Clegg
Manchester
March 7
1782 Pray write me very soon
[new page]
Miss Hodson
Cuppins Lane
Chester
Without waitg an answer to my last
I take ye liberty of writing my dear friend being not
without some hopes of its finding acceptance at Chester. I
propos’d writing this morng before the arrival of your Papas
letter but findg it required an immediate answer I was
partly obliged to it – my Papa has deputized me to
acquaint you that he waited on Mr Dinwiddie directly
& that before you receive this you will be satisfied
concerning The Bill &c – My Mama & Papa beg their
kind respects to Mr & Mrs Hodson & beg ye favor of your
company at Manchester this Spring – I don’t hear we can
obtain leave to see Chester before you pay us a visit so
must beg you to use your interest to come soon.
We heard by a letter from Lucy last Thursday
of Mr Rylands marriage – as also of Miss {?Mackaness} with
a Mr Harvey a Gentleman from New York who came
along with her father. Mrs Wykes is also safely
[new page]
delivered of a son. Miss Reeves has left school &
is with her Aunt Griffiths where she is be all winter
I forgot to tell you that Miss Patty Simpson was
Brides Maid – I really shoud as soon have guest of
any in ye school being married before [deleted] Miss {?Mackaness} of any size
I mean; she was so exceeding childish but be that
as it may she has begun ye world soon & may perhaps
repent it but I woud not say too much for we are
ignorant of what is allotted for us – If she has got
a serious good man twill be more agreeable & be a
means [deleted] to make her troubles seem lighter as
no doubt she will met with some.
There has been in ye course of ye last
week a very melancholy incidenthow happened here
a young person carried of ye stage of life in ye bloom
of youth, she was about twenty & died of childbed of ye
second Child but what added to ye shocking scene [deleted] {^her}
Husband was in scotland at ye time one may think
what a shock must seize him at ye news – This with
many falling daily by are loud calls to us to be ready
but as Dr Watts somewhere in his hymns says that
[new page]
tho
Infinite joy or endless woe
Attend on every Breath
Yet Oh how unconcern’d we go
Upon ye verge of Death
My Papa Mama Sister & self join in kind love
to you – begging you excuse this shamefull
writing {^I am} my dear
your very
affectionate Friend
R Clegg
Manchester
March 7
1782 Pray write me very soon
[new page]
Miss Hodson
Cuppins Lane
Chester
I take ye liberty of writing my dear friend being not
without some hopes of its finding acceptance at Chester. I
propos’d writing this morng before the arrival of your Papas
letter but findg it required an immediate answer I was
partly obliged to it – my Papa has deputized me to
acquaint you that he waited on Mr Dinwiddie directly
& that before you receive this you will be satisfied
concerning The Bill &c – My Mama & Papa beg their
kind respects to Mr & Mrs Hodson & beg ye favor of your
company at Manchester this Spring – I don’t hear we can
obtain leave to see Chester before you pay us a visit so
must beg you to use your interest to come soon.
We heard by a letter from Lucy last Thursday
of Mr Rylands marriage – as also of Miss {?Mackaness} with
a Mr Harvey a Gentleman from New York who came
along with her father. Mrs Wykes is also safely
[new page]
delivered of a son. Miss Reeves has left school &
is with her Aunt Griffiths where she is be all winter
I forgot to tell you that Miss Patty Simpson was
Brides Maid – I really shoud as soon have guest of
any in ye school being married before [deleted] Miss {?Mackaness} of any size
I mean; she was so exceeding childish but be that
as it may she has begun ye world soon & may perhaps
repent it but I woud not say too much for we are
ignorant of what is allotted for us – If she has got
a serious good man twill be more agreeable & be a
means [deleted] to make her troubles seem lighter as
no doubt she will met with some.
There has been in ye course of ye last
week a very melancholy incident
a young person carried of ye stage of life in ye bloom
of youth, she was about twenty & died of childbed of ye
second Child but what added to ye shocking scene [deleted] {^her}
Husband was in scotland at ye time one may think
what a shock must seize him at ye news – This with
many falling daily by are loud calls to us to be ready
but as Dr Watts somewhere in his hymns says that
[new page]
tho
Infinite joy or endless woe
Attend on every Breath
Yet Oh how unconcern’d we go
Upon ye verge of Death
My Papa Mama Sister & self join in kind love
to you – begging you excuse this shamefull
writing {^I am} my dear
your very
affectionate Friend
R Clegg
Manchester
March 7
1782 Pray write me very soon
[new page]
Miss Hodson
Cuppins Lane
Chester
Details
Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 7 March 1782
Explaining that she is writing as a result of Mary's father's visit, and attempting to make arrangements for Mary to come to Manchester in the Sprint, providing information on Miss Mackaness, Lucy, Mrs Wykes, Miss Reeves and Miss Simpson from school, and telling her about the death of a young woman in childbed.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 10 [5]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1782
3
7
March 7 1782
Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
Miss Hodson, Cuppins Lane, Chester
[Cheshire, England]
People
Person: Rebekah Bateman
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- death/dying
- thinking
- visiting
- writing
- affection
- hopeful
- love
- shame
faith
spring
friendship
How to Cite
To Cite this Letter
Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 7 March 1782, 731782: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 10 [5]
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.