319 - Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 27 September 1783

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My dear Hodson
I receiv’d your wellcome letter not
before I expected it tho it contains some very un=
=expected news amongst ye rest yt of Miss Simpsons &
Dupont marriage I shoud like to know their names
as also how Mrs Trinder & ye rest seem’d to take
the news of poor Lucy’s Death I wrote her of it
but I suppose you woud tell her before she
receiv’d mine – I woud wish to suggest from a
sentence in your letter yt ye impressions made by
such awfull changes (as indeed they seem to us
tho aim’d by an unerring hand) are sometimes
very transient - & ye reason is obvious as we learn
from ye parable of Dives & Lazerous – for our Lord there
says (ye hardness of ye human heart is such”) yt
if they believe not Moses & ye prospects neither
woud they if one rose from ye Dead” – so that nothing
short of ye exersion of almighty power can
bring us to a sense of ye necessity much more enable
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to such a better rightiousness than our own tis my
wish & prayer yt we may be interested in Christs [illeg]
Death & {?interassion} & believe to ye salvation of our souls.
Be so kind as to present my kindest respects
to Mrs Smith & Miss Taylor tell them I shoud be
very happy to {^see} them but I think I shall never
get to Northampton again to stay; however I still
remember ye place ye persons & treatment &c
Mr Roscow is at our house & begs I will present
By ye hands of Miss Hodson (if not too much trouble)
His kind love {^to} his daughter & Miss Worthington –
We all join in respects to Mr & Mrs Trinder Wykes
Miss Lawrince Mrs & Mr Smith Mr Ryalnds Senr
& Junr if at Home – I have nothing very particular
to tell you I believe all friends are pretty well
excepting Aunt Clegg at ye next door who is in labour
of her ninth Child – I saw your cousin Richard
Whitby today he seemed very well & very busy
I shoud wish coud you find time to write
To me once more before you leave & tell me
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with as much news as you can; [deleted] {^what} Mrs Tinder
said to my letter I little thought of ever writing
to her of all folks – I think you’ll say “Becky wants
a subject” so lest I shoud tire you with my
trifling insgnificancy’s
I conclude myself
My Dear
Your affectionate
Friend Reb Clegg
Manchester
Sepr 27 1783
They all join me in love to yourself
be sure you write Cousin Smithson
is here & sends her compts
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Miss Hodson
Mr Michael Smiths
Abingdon Street
Northampton
My dear Hodson
I receiv’d your wellcome letter not
before I expected it tho it contains some very un=
=expected news amongst ye rest yt of Miss Simpsons &
Dupont marriage I shoud like to know their names
as also how Mrs Trinder & ye rest seem’d to take
the news of poor Lucy’s Death I wrote her of it
but I suppose you woud tell her before she
receiv’d mine – I woud wish to suggest from a
sentence in your letter yt ye impressions made by
such awfull changes (as indeed they seem to us
tho aim’d by an unerring hand) are sometimes
very transient - & ye reason is obvious as we learn
from ye parable of Dives & Lazerous – for our Lord there
says (ye hardness of ye human heart is such”) yt
if they believe not Moses & ye prospects neither
woud they if one rose from ye Dead” – so that nothing
short of ye exersion of almighty power can
bring us to a sense of ye necessity much more enable
[new page]
to such a better rightiousness than our own tis my
wish & prayer yt we may be interested in Christs [illeg]
Death & {?interassion} & believe to ye salvation of our souls.
Be so kind as to present my kindest respects
to Mrs Smith & Miss Taylor tell them I shoud be
very happy to {^see} them but I think I shall never
get to Northampton again to stay; however I still
remember ye place ye persons & treatment &c
Mr Roscow is at our house & begs I will present
By ye hands of Miss Hodson (if not too much trouble)
His kind love {^to} his daughter & Miss Worthington –
We all join in respects to Mr & Mrs Trinder Wykes
Miss Lawrince Mrs & Mr Smith Mr Ryalnds Senr
& Junr if at Home – I have nothing very particular
to tell you I believe all friends are pretty well
excepting Aunt Clegg at ye next door who is in labour
of her ninth Child – I saw your cousin Richard
Whitby today he seemed very well & very busy
I shoud wish coud you find time to write
To me once more before you leave & tell me
[new page]
with as much news as you can; [deleted] {^what} Mrs Tinder
said to my letter I little thought of ever writing
to her of all folks – I think you’ll say “Becky wants
a subject” so lest I shoud tire you with my
trifling insgnificancy’s
I conclude myself
My Dear
Your affectionate
Friend Reb Clegg
Manchester
Sepr 27 1783
They all join me in love to yourself
be sure you write Cousin Smithson
is here & sends her compts
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Miss Hodson
Mr Michael Smiths
Abingdon Street
Northampton
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Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 27 September 1783

Asking how Mrs Trinder has responded to her letter informing her of Lucy's death, meditating upon providence and death in the young and how that might alter her own behaviour, providing information about a number of pregnant friends.

Bateman Family Papers

OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 10 [13]

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

1783

9

27

Sepr 27 1783

Manchester

[Lancashire, England]

Miss Hodson, Mr Michael Smiths, Abingdon Street, Northampton

[Northamptonshire, England]

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21-40%

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