337 - Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 23 June 1785
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My Dr Mrs Durden
If your determination is to set
out for Chester on Tuesday morning as you
mentioned when at Gatley, I’m afraid I shall
not have the pleasure I propos’d of seeing you
before, as I find thro’ the unexpected solicitations
of Mr Roscow when at Manchester my stay
is prolong’d till the above mentioned day.
The pleasures of a country life at this season of the
year together with the agreeable company of
Friends whose unmerited & repeated kindnesses
are daily laying {^me} under {^fresh} obligations; I need not
attempt describing to you: these consequently make
my stay desirable – yet I’m truly sorry they [deleted]
[deleted] debar from me the satisfaction I shoud otherwise
enjoy of spending a little time with you, but
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as this cannot be accomplish’d but by sacrificing
your convenience to inclination I must deny
myself & be glad I have an opportunity by letter
of declaring the sentiments of my heart which
are that you may experience all the possible
pleasure that can arise from an interview with
long absent & dear friends – permit me beg you’ll
not forget to write to your unworthy friend (RC ) - &
that as soon as time shall give leave after your
arrival likewise present my best respects to Mr &
Mrs Hodson – Mrs Moulson Senr Mrs & Miss Whitby
Mr & Mrs Armitage &c &c your Bror & Sister Sarah I
sincerely wish you & Miss Ann a safe & pleasant
[deleted] journey with health which renders travelg
As well as every thing {^else} pleasing & agreeable – mine
from the day you left me has gradually increased
& am at length thro mercy perfectly recover’d.
I have need to apologize for the trouble I’m
Going to give in begging you to present ye {?inclos’d}
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as directed; I thought it woud be better to convey
it by those means than troubling Mr R with
it I hope you will excuse my freedom in this
respect – with kindest respects to yourself & Mr
D
I remain
My Dr yours sincerely
R Clegg
Gatley June 23
1785
[change hand] The house where this letter
is dated, with the landed
Estate belonging to it, was pur
-chased by the writers husband
in 179 And she died there,
6 June 1797 aged 33 years =
and lies buried in the
Dissenters meeting house
There
Miss Hodson appears to have married in 1785
Mr John Durdeon {^Attorney at Law} by whom she has 4 children –
He died in 1791 – she remarried in
Mr Robt Barclay of Manchester Mercht who died in 180
Without issue; she again remarried in 18
Her cousin Mr Whitby both now living (1824) in Liverpool
[note the gaps are almost as if awaiting information filling in by William Bateman]
[new page]
Mrs Durden
Oldham Street
Manchester
If your determination is to set
out for Chester on Tuesday morning as you
mentioned when at Gatley, I’m afraid I shall
not have the pleasure I propos’d of seeing you
before, as I find thro’ the unexpected solicitations
of Mr Roscow when at Manchester my stay
is prolong’d till the above mentioned day.
The pleasures of a country life at this season of the
year together with the agreeable company of
Friends whose unmerited & repeated kindnesses
are daily laying {^me} under {^fresh} obligations; I need not
attempt describing to you: these consequently make
my stay desirable – yet I’m truly sorry they [deleted]
[deleted] debar from me the satisfaction I shoud otherwise
enjoy of spending a little time with you, but
[new page]
as this cannot be accomplish’d but by sacrificing
your convenience to inclination I must deny
myself & be glad I have an opportunity by letter
of declaring the sentiments of my heart which
are that you may experience all the possible
pleasure that can arise from an interview with
long absent & dear friends – permit me beg you’ll
not forget to write to your unworthy friend (RC ) - &
that as soon as time shall give leave after your
arrival likewise present my best respects to Mr &
Mrs Hodson – Mrs Moulson Senr Mrs & Miss Whitby
Mr & Mrs Armitage &c &c your Bror & Sister Sarah I
sincerely wish you & Miss Ann a safe & pleasant
[deleted] journey with health which renders travelg
As well as every thing {^else} pleasing & agreeable – mine
from the day you left me has gradually increased
& am at length thro mercy perfectly recover’d.
I have need to apologize for the trouble I’m
Going to give in begging you to present ye {?inclos’d}
[new page]
as directed; I thought it woud be better to convey
it by those means than troubling Mr R with
it I hope you will excuse my freedom in this
respect – with kindest respects to yourself & Mr
D
I remain
My Dr yours sincerely
R Clegg
Gatley June 23
1785
[change hand] The house where this letter
is dated, with the landed
Estate belonging to it, was pur
-chased by the writers husband
in 179 And she died there,
6 June 1797 aged 33 years =
and lies buried in the
Dissenters meeting house
There
Miss Hodson appears to have married in 1785
Mr John Durdeon {^Attorney at Law} by whom she has 4 children –
He died in 1791 – she remarried in
Mr Robt Barclay of Manchester Mercht who died in 180
Without issue; she again remarried in 18
Her cousin Mr Whitby both now living (1824) in Liverpool
[note the gaps are almost as if awaiting information filling in by William Bateman]
[new page]
Mrs Durden
Oldham Street
Manchester
My Dr Mrs Durden
If your determination is to set
out for Chester on Tuesday morning as you
mentioned when at Gatley, I’m afraid I shall
not have the pleasure I propos’d of seeing you
before, as I find thro’ the unexpected solicitations
of Mr Roscow when at Manchester my stay
is prolong’d till the above mentioned day.
The pleasures of a country life at this season of the
year together with the agreeable company of
Friends whose unmerited & repeated kindnesses
are daily laying {^me} under {^fresh} obligations; I need not
attempt describing to you: these consequently make
my stay desirable – yet I’m truly sorry they [deleted]
[deleted] debar from me the satisfaction I shoud otherwise
enjoy of spending a little time with you, but
[new page]
as this cannot be accomplish’d but by sacrificing
your convenience to inclination I must deny
myself & be glad I have an opportunity by letter
of declaring the sentiments of my heart which
are that you may experience all the possible
pleasure that can arise from an interview with
long absent & dear friends – permit me beg you’ll
not forget to write to your unworthy friend (RC ) - &
that as soon as time shall give leave after your
arrival likewise present my best respects to Mr &
Mrs Hodson – Mrs Moulson Senr Mrs & Miss Whitby
Mr & Mrs Armitage &c &c your Bror & Sister Sarah I
sincerely wish you & Miss Ann a safe & pleasant
[deleted] journey with health which renders travelg
As well as every thing {^else} pleasing & agreeable – mine
from the day you left me has gradually increased
& am at length thro mercy perfectly recover’d.
I have need to apologize for the trouble I’m
Going to give in begging you to present ye {?inclos’d}
[new page]
as directed; I thought it woud be better to convey
it by those means than troubling Mr R with
it I hope you will excuse my freedom in this
respect – with kindest respects to yourself & Mr
D
I remain
My Dr yours sincerely
R Clegg
Gatley June 23
1785
[change hand] The house where this letter
is dated, with the landed
Estate belonging to it, was pur
-chased by the writers husband
in 179 And she died there,
6 June 1797 aged 33 years =
and lies buried in the
Dissenters meeting house
There
Miss Hodson appears to have married in 1785
Mr John Durdeon {^Attorney at Law} by whom she has 4 children –
He died in 1791 – she remarried in
Mr Robt Barclay of Manchester Mercht who died in 180
Without issue; she again remarried in 18
Her cousin Mr Whitby both now living (1824) in Liverpool
[note the gaps are almost as if awaiting information filling in by William Bateman]
[new page]
Mrs Durden
Oldham Street
Manchester
If your determination is to set
out for Chester on Tuesday morning as you
mentioned when at Gatley, I’m afraid I shall
not have the pleasure I propos’d of seeing you
before, as I find thro’ the unexpected solicitations
of Mr Roscow when at Manchester my stay
is prolong’d till the above mentioned day.
The pleasures of a country life at this season of the
year together with the agreeable company of
Friends whose unmerited & repeated kindnesses
are daily laying {^me} under {^fresh} obligations; I need not
attempt describing to you: these consequently make
my stay desirable – yet I’m truly sorry they [deleted]
[deleted] debar from me the satisfaction I shoud otherwise
enjoy of spending a little time with you, but
[new page]
as this cannot be accomplish’d but by sacrificing
your convenience to inclination I must deny
myself & be glad I have an opportunity by letter
of declaring the sentiments of my heart which
are that you may experience all the possible
pleasure that can arise from an interview with
long absent & dear friends – permit me beg you’ll
not forget to write to your unworthy friend (RC ) - &
that as soon as time shall give leave after your
arrival likewise present my best respects to Mr &
Mrs Hodson – Mrs Moulson Senr Mrs & Miss Whitby
Mr & Mrs Armitage &c &c your Bror & Sister Sarah I
sincerely wish you & Miss Ann a safe & pleasant
[deleted] journey with health which renders travelg
As well as every thing {^else} pleasing & agreeable – mine
from the day you left me has gradually increased
& am at length thro mercy perfectly recover’d.
I have need to apologize for the trouble I’m
Going to give in begging you to present ye {?inclos’d}
[new page]
as directed; I thought it woud be better to convey
it by those means than troubling Mr R with
it I hope you will excuse my freedom in this
respect – with kindest respects to yourself & Mr
D
I remain
My Dr yours sincerely
R Clegg
Gatley June 23
1785
[change hand] The house where this letter
is dated, with the landed
Estate belonging to it, was pur
-chased by the writers husband
in 179 And she died there,
6 June 1797 aged 33 years =
and lies buried in the
Dissenters meeting house
There
Miss Hodson appears to have married in 1785
Mr John Durdeon {^Attorney at Law} by whom she has 4 children –
He died in 1791 – she remarried in
Mr Robt Barclay of Manchester Mercht who died in 180
Without issue; she again remarried in 18
Her cousin Mr Whitby both now living (1824) in Liverpool
[note the gaps are almost as if awaiting information filling in by William Bateman]
[new page]
Mrs Durden
Oldham Street
Manchester
Details
Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 23 June 1785
Apologising for not being at home when Mary is planning to visit, as she has been delayed by the unexpected solicitations of Mr Roscow at Manchester, she would prefer to see Mary, begging for forgiveness, providing information on the health of mutual acquaintances, and an update on her own health issues.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 1, FOlder 10 [18]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1785
6
23
June 23 1785
Gatley
[Lancashire, England]
Mrs Durden, Oldham Street, Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
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Rebekah Bateman to Mary Jane Hodson, 23 June 1785, 2361785: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 1, FOlder 10 [18]
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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.