351 - Thomas Bateman (junior) to William Bateman, 24 March 1809
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Dear Bror
I am sorry you are so greedy
of Lpool I am not so much so of Mancr
your little playmate David wants you
very ill, my G Papa tells me he has kept
you compy while you were ill, he thinks
you do each other no good. Mrs Bradbury
is gone to Lpool I hope she will go
to see you, G Mama says you were very
rude to her she says she does not like
to see her friends slighted by doing so she
says it is behaving ill to her {^that} Mrs B is
“an old Hussey “is true enough. I wish
You would contrive to come soon for
I am tired of this hole, I can not stand
the heat of the room at Livers Row it gives
me terrible head aches
I remain Dr Bror
Yours very sincerely
Thos Bateman
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T.B Junr
24 March 1809
Mr Wm Bateman Junr
Messrs Haywood & Barton
Liverpool
Dear Bror
I am sorry you are so greedy
of Lpool I am not so much so of Mancr
your little playmate David wants you
very ill, my G Papa tells me he has kept
you compy while you were ill, he thinks
you do each other no good. Mrs Bradbury
is gone to Lpool I hope she will go
to see you, G Mama says you were very
rude to her she says she does not like
to see her friends slighted by doing so she
says it is behaving ill to her {^that} Mrs B is
“an old Hussey “is true enough. I wish
You would contrive to come soon for
I am tired of this hole, I can not stand
the heat of the room at Livers Row it gives
me terrible head aches
I remain Dr Bror
Yours very sincerely
Thos Bateman
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T.B Junr
24 March 1809
Mr Wm Bateman Junr
Messrs Haywood & Barton
Liverpool
Thomas Bateman (junior) to William Bateman, 24 March 1809
Complaining of his boredom at Manchester and wishing that William would come, telling William how unimpressed his grandmother was of his behaviour towards her friends, and moaning that the heat of his room gives him headaches.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 15 [4]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1809
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24
24 Marc 1809
Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
Mr Wm Bateman Junr, Messrs Haywood & Barton, Liverpool
[Lancashire, England]
primary author
head
separation
youth
- amused
- love
- sorrow
- sympathy
- hot
- pain
- at home
- environment
- family
- siblings
Dear Bror
primary addressee
visiting
illness
youth
- disorder
- ill-health
- unwell
amused
- disposition
- distraction
- environment
- urban
- family
- siblings
To Cite this Letter
Thomas Bateman (junior) to William Bateman, 24 March 1809, 2431809: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 15 [4]
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.