377 - William Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 29 January 1801
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Dear Father
[deleted] I have the plea=
=sure to inform you that I am now quite happy & comfortable
in my new situation & love my companions very much.
We employ our play hours in thrashing Oats, of which
we get a bushel almost every Day, but to speak of my
work hours I learn Milton paradice lost which I think
an excellent Book showing the fall of Man. My
Master has had fall {^on his arm} but is now quite recovered. We
have prayers night and morning when Mr Simons
makes a kind of a short Sermon which I like very
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very much. I hope I am improving very much my
master says I write very well. I am myself very well
as I hope you & my Grandpapa & Grandmamma.
My Uncle & Aunt Brother & Sister Cousin please to give
my love to all of them in particularly to my Grand =
=papa & grandmamma & tell my Brother I hope to
see him soon & I hope he is getting on very fast
in his Lattin as I believe I shall do in my French
as my Master takes very effectual methods.
I am dear papa
Your dutiful Son
Wm Bateman
PS I forgot to tell you my Aunt
Wilson & Uncle is very well as
I heard by Miss Neale. We have
very good Meat indeed as you would
wish to eat. I am very well as I hope
you are. Excuse my writing as it was dark –
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Mr Thos Bateman
Brown St
Manchester
Dear Father
[deleted] I have the plea=
=sure to inform you that I am now quite happy & comfortable
in my new situation & love my companions very much.
We employ our play hours in thrashing Oats, of which
we get a bushel almost every Day, but to speak of my
work hours I learn Milton paradice lost which I think
an excellent Book showing the fall of Man. My
Master has had fall {^on his arm} but is now quite recovered. We
have prayers night and morning when Mr Simons
makes a kind of a short Sermon which I like very
[new page]
very much. I hope I am improving very much my
master says I write very well. I am myself very well
as I hope you & my Grandpapa & Grandmamma.
My Uncle & Aunt Brother & Sister Cousin please to give
my love to all of them in particularly to my Grand =
=papa & grandmamma & tell my Brother I hope to
see him soon & I hope he is getting on very fast
in his Lattin as I believe I shall do in my French
as my Master takes very effectual methods.
I am dear papa
Your dutiful Son
Wm Bateman
PS I forgot to tell you my Aunt
Wilson & Uncle is very well as
I heard by Miss Neale. We have
very good Meat indeed as you would
wish to eat. I am very well as I hope
you are. Excuse my writing as it was dark –
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Mr Thos Bateman
Brown St
Manchester
William Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 29 January 1801
Informing him that he is now settled and happy at school, providing information about their recreation hours, and on learning 'Paradise Lost', and asking after his family.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 19 [1]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1801
1
29
Jany 29th 1801
Paul Cray, Kent
[England]
Mr Thos Bateman, Brown St, Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
primary author
- devotional practice
- eating
- reading
- recreation
- work
- writing
separation
youth
safe
- affection
- happy
- hopeful
- love
- love (familial)
education
- environment
- school
- family
- friendship
- siblings
mind - improving
To Cite this Letter
William Bateman to Thomas Bateman, 29 January 1801, 2911801: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 19 [1]
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.