315 - Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 12 August 1782

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Dear Miss Hodson
I had intended writing on saturday to let you
know how I got home but thought it woud be needless as you woud
not have it before Monday – however thro tender mercy which was
more than my desert I got safe home on friday evening exactly
at 6 oClock & found my Mamma Aunt Speak & Aunt Clegg at
ye next door but poorly my Mamma was indeed ye best of them
Aunt C was just in ye same way as when you was with
us but brought weaker than before she is still confined to
her room & unable to walk about – I went on saturday
afternoon to Mr Priestlys – “So says he well Chester &
how does Chester fare with thee thou hast had brave
weather this last week to walk on ye walls it was very
comfortable for thee was it not?” – Mr P is very well & his
Lady is very stout but very big indeed – will you be so
Kind as to tell Mr Hilditch Mr P says he has read ye book
& asked me if I shoud like to read it so I made so free
as to take it & intend giving {^it} ye reading & sending it by
some opportunity if agreeable [deleted] & Mr Hilditch
can spare it – Mr & Mrs Dinwiddie came to Manchester
on saturday evening when ye Bells began to ring tho’
they were not permitted in Leeds – It was a {?stole} wedding
at last & unknown to her Mamma – she is a most
agreeable Lady by all accounts her leaving Leeds is univer=
[change hand] Mr Dinwiddie married Miss Wilkinson of Leeds an heiress
[new page]
=sally regretted – they did not make their appearance at {?meeting}
as they were not in readiness but went to Gatley to Mr [damaged]
to hear Mr Pendleburry who was took with a {?sirfit} of ye [damaged]
& thereby rendered unfit to preach so Mr Prieestly went [ damaged]
to Preach for him in ye afternoon & at night & we had
a stranger at Cannon St – Mrs Medley is at at our house
she came on saturday & goes tomorrow – she was last night
at supper at Mr Dinwiddies so my Papa went to fetch
her & got a salute of ye new Bride he says she is very
free & beg’d our company in a free way without any
form – they see company on Tuesday & Wednesday – My Papa
has been oblig’d to put off going {^till} Wednesday on account of
business – I believe I am to go to {?Rattcliffe} to see my
Aunt Richardson who is very ill tomorrow – Mr Richson
is worse than ever poor thing I am very sorry for her
she has a deal of trouble in this life I hope it will be
blest to her & be a means of striving her up to seek happin=
=ness where tis only to found – twill then be a sanctified
rod in ye hand of a heavenly father who knows we are but
dust & pitys as a father his children those yt love him.
My Papa & Mamma desire their respects to Mr & Mrs Hodson
and be so kind as tell your Papa ye soap is never come &
understood him he had sent it perhaps it may be my mis=
=take. – Pray present my best respects & thanks for all favor
shewn to one who is unworthy of them – accept kind love
yourself [deleted] with compts to your Cousins Whitbys – {?Bro}
&c with Sister Sarah & Ann & your Brother when you write
My Aunt Martha, Spears, Clegg, with Sisters Betty & Molly
Thomas – beg their respects – Molly Livesey is much oblig’d
to Mrs Hodson for so unexpected a favor as ye handkerchief
[new page]
She seem’d exceeding glad of it indeed. I saw Lucy as I was
coming from ye Boat she is very {^well} as is Miss H & Mr J {^John} Hope
is going to be married what a changeable world this is
{?niver} at one stay – some are seeking happiness in one thing
& some in another – I drank tea at my Uncle Jos
Yesterday & was telling how kind Mrs Acton was to us
& I said she was very agreeable & wish’d Mr Kirkham
woud have her Ah says my Uncle but he never will
{?her} says he (what I was very sorry to hear) He delights
in nothing but his Books &c – which is an instance of
ye truth of what I was before observing – May you &
I seek it our happiness in Jesus – ye rock of ages from
which ye storms of a present life can never beat us
is ye sincere desire of your
affectionate
Friend R Clegg
Manchester
Augst 12 1782
I beg you will write soon & tell me
Mrs H hand is. I assure you Miss H
nobody met me at ye Boat but sister &
[damaged]
[new page]
Miss Hodson
Mr Hodson’s
Cuppins Lane
Chester
Dear Miss Hodson
I had intended writing on saturday to let you
know how I got home but thought it woud be needless as you woud
not have it before Monday – however thro tender mercy which was
more than my desert I got safe home on friday evening exactly
at 6 oClock & found my Mamma Aunt Speak & Aunt Clegg at
ye next door but poorly my Mamma was indeed ye best of them
Aunt C was just in ye same way as when you was with
us but brought weaker than before she is still confined to
her room & unable to walk about – I went on saturday
afternoon to Mr Priestlys – “So says he well Chester &
how does Chester fare with thee thou hast had brave
weather this last week to walk on ye walls it was very
comfortable for thee was it not?” – Mr P is very well & his
Lady is very stout but very big indeed – will you be so
Kind as to tell Mr Hilditch Mr P says he has read ye book
& asked me if I shoud like to read it so I made so free
as to take it & intend giving {^it} ye reading & sending it by
some opportunity if agreeable [deleted] & Mr Hilditch
can spare it – Mr & Mrs Dinwiddie came to Manchester
on saturday evening when ye Bells began to ring tho’
they were not permitted in Leeds – It was a {?stole} wedding
at last & unknown to her Mamma – she is a most
agreeable Lady by all accounts her leaving Leeds is univer=
[change hand] Mr Dinwiddie married Miss Wilkinson of Leeds an heiress
[new page]
=sally regretted – they did not make their appearance at {?meeting}
as they were not in readiness but went to Gatley to Mr [damaged]
to hear Mr Pendleburry who was took with a {?sirfit} of ye [damaged]
& thereby rendered unfit to preach so Mr Prieestly went [ damaged]
to Preach for him in ye afternoon & at night & we had
a stranger at Cannon St – Mrs Medley is at at our house
she came on saturday & goes tomorrow – she was last night
at supper at Mr Dinwiddies so my Papa went to fetch
her & got a salute of ye new Bride he says she is very
free & beg’d our company in a free way without any
form – they see company on Tuesday & Wednesday – My Papa
has been oblig’d to put off going {^till} Wednesday on account of
business – I believe I am to go to {?Rattcliffe} to see my
Aunt Richardson who is very ill tomorrow – Mr Richson
is worse than ever poor thing I am very sorry for her
she has a deal of trouble in this life I hope it will be
blest to her & be a means of striving her up to seek happin=
=ness where tis only to found – twill then be a sanctified
rod in ye hand of a heavenly father who knows we are but
dust & pitys as a father his children those yt love him.
My Papa & Mamma desire their respects to Mr & Mrs Hodson
and be so kind as tell your Papa ye soap is never come &
understood him he had sent it perhaps it may be my mis=
=take. – Pray present my best respects & thanks for all favor
shewn to one who is unworthy of them – accept kind love
yourself [deleted] with compts to your Cousins Whitbys – {?Bro}
&c with Sister Sarah & Ann & your Brother when you write
My Aunt Martha, Spears, Clegg, with Sisters Betty & Molly
Thomas – beg their respects – Molly Livesey is much oblig’d
to Mrs Hodson for so unexpected a favor as ye handkerchief
[new page]
She seem’d exceeding glad of it indeed. I saw Lucy as I was
coming from ye Boat she is very {^well} as is Miss H & Mr J {^John} Hope
is going to be married what a changeable world this is
{?niver} at one stay – some are seeking happiness in one thing
& some in another – I drank tea at my Uncle Jos
Yesterday & was telling how kind Mrs Acton was to us
& I said she was very agreeable & wish’d Mr Kirkham
woud have her Ah says my Uncle but he never will
{?her} says he (what I was very sorry to hear) He delights
in nothing but his Books &c – which is an instance of
ye truth of what I was before observing – May you &
I seek it our happiness in Jesus – ye rock of ages from
which ye storms of a present life can never beat us
is ye sincere desire of your
affectionate
Friend R Clegg
Manchester
Augst 12 1782
I beg you will write soon & tell me
Mrs H hand is. I assure you Miss H
nobody met me at ye Boat but sister &
[damaged]
[new page]
Miss Hodson
Mr Hodson’s
Cuppins Lane
Chester
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Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 12 August 1782

Informing her of their safe arrival home and finding her mother caring for an ill neighbour, providing information about the visitors to their house, and the illnesses of mutual acquaintances, Mr Priestly is well, his wife is stout, Mr Dinwiddie has eloped with an heiress from Leeds, she plans to visit Aunt Richardson that is ill.

Bateman Family Papers

OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 10 [6]

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

1782

8

12

Augst 12 1782

Manchester

[Lancashire, England]

Miss Hodson, Mr Hodson's, Cuppins Lane, Chester

[Cheshire, England]

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