378 - Thomas Bateman (junior) to William Bateman, 26 March 1810
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Dear Brother
I should have written you before
but I have been very unwell of a bad
rheumatic pain in my head, and neck,
but with leeches and other things I am
better, it kept me in the house above a
week, and it has left me rather weak.
I am afraid the Coat will
be spoiled by being so long crimped in
the Bags, but as Father I believe is going
your way soon I hope he will bring them
I will tell him to pay you the money
for them. We have heard you have got
new lodgings I hope you will find them
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as comfortable as those you have left
I suppose the distance [deleted] {^frightened} you
I remain yrs very sincerely
Thos Bateman
PS The hat fits me
very well but
you have got its
value. Father sends
his love to you T.B.
[change hand] My poor brother did not live a month after the
date of this letter (dying on Sunday morning
the 22nd April) the affection of the head mentioned in it
terminated in water on the brain, which carried
him off after great sufferings from the Monday
preceding – He had completed his 18th year on the 17th
of Jany last past –
W.B.
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Mr William Bateman Junr
Messrs Thos & Wm Bateman
Manchester
Dear Brother
I should have written you before
but I have been very unwell of a bad
rheumatic pain in my head, and neck,
but with leeches and other things I am
better, it kept me in the house above a
week, and it has left me rather weak.
I am afraid the Coat will
be spoiled by being so long crimped in
the Bags, but as Father I believe is going
your way soon I hope he will bring them
I will tell him to pay you the money
for them. We have heard you have got
new lodgings I hope you will find them
[new page]
as comfortable as those you have left
I suppose the distance [deleted] {^frightened} you
I remain yrs very sincerely
Thos Bateman
PS The hat fits me
very well but
you have got its
value. Father sends
his love to you T.B.
[change hand] My poor brother did not live a month after the
date of this letter (dying on Sunday morning
the 22nd April) the affection of the head mentioned in it
terminated in water on the brain, which carried
him off after great sufferings from the Monday
preceding – He had completed his 18th year on the 17th
of Jany last past –
W.B.
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Mr William Bateman Junr
Messrs Thos & Wm Bateman
Manchester
Thomas Bateman (junior) to William Bateman, 26 March 1810
Explaining that his delay in writing is due to a rheumatic pain in his head that has left him very weak, complaining that the coat William has sent is creased due to being so long in transit.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 15 [19]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1810
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26th March 1810
Liverpool
[Lancashire, England]
Mr William Bateman Junr, Messrs Thos & Wm Bateman, Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
primary author
head
- confinement
- consumption
- in bed
- writing
clothing
melancholy
youth
- disorder
- ill-health
- recovery
- unwell
- weak
affection
distraction
pain
in bed
- family
- siblings
- body - worsening
- health - worsening
To Cite this Letter
Thomas Bateman (junior) to William Bateman, 26 March 1810, 2631810: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 15 [19]
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.