366 - Thomas Bateman (junior) to William Bateman, 9 October 1809
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Dear Brother
My Papa will ask you for your
Pistols I know, but if you think the Gun is not
much worse for what you stated to me about it
being boild I think you had better send it [deleted]
I have not told him any thing about it.
I am much obliged to you
for the seal [deleted] it sets off my chain very
well, I wish you would come and see
us here, Mr Earle is making great alterations
and our wall is pulled down [deleted] {^for} the Garden
to be made 3 yards wider.
It is very fine {?sun} now and I know you
Would like to be a week with us
I remain yrs very sincerely
T Bateman
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Mr Wm Bateman Junr
Levers Row
Manchester
Dear Brother
My Papa will ask you for your
Pistols I know, but if you think the Gun is not
much worse for what you stated to me about it
being boild I think you had better send it [deleted]
I have not told him any thing about it.
I am much obliged to you
for the seal [deleted] it sets off my chain very
well, I wish you would come and see
us here, Mr Earle is making great alterations
and our wall is pulled down [deleted] {^for} the Garden
to be made 3 yards wider.
It is very fine {?sun} now and I know you
Would like to be a week with us
I remain yrs very sincerely
T Bateman
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Mr Wm Bateman Junr
Levers Row
Manchester
Thomas Bateman (junior) to William Bateman, 9 October 1809
Warning William that Papa is likely to ask for his pistols, thanking him for the seal to set off his watch chain, details of the garden alterations at home, asking William to visit home.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 15 [13]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1809
10
9
Octr 9th 1809
Everton
[Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
Mr Wm Bateman Junr, Levers Row, Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
primary author
- consumption
- visiting
- aesthetics
- clothing
separation
youth
- hopeful
- regret
- at home
- environment
- weather
- family
- siblings
To Cite this Letter
Thomas Bateman (junior) to William Bateman, 9 October 1809, 9101809: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 15 [13]
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.