391 - William Bateman to Thomas Bateman (junior), 23 February 1810
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Dear Brother
I have only time just to
tell you I send by Mr W Yates who takes
this the Knife I promised to you, and to
ask of you that you will go to Mollisons
old book Repository No.32 WhiteChapel
Liverpool and buy for me No 253 of their
Catalogue published 1810, and which Book
is the Nonconformists Memorial 3 Vols cost 21/-
and ask my papa for the ready and thank
him from me for his present to me of a desk
My Grandpapa & Grandmama both are
Come down stairs, indeed he is very much better.
I bought yesterday a most curious & antient
atlas containing 127 maps most beautifully engraved
& Coloured, published in 1570 for which I paid 12/-
and I have not doubt but 5 – 5 might be obtained
in London
yr affect Bro
Wm Bateman
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Mr Thos Bateman Junr
Liverpool
Hond
Mr W Yates
Dear Brother
I have only time just to
tell you I send by Mr W Yates who takes
this the Knife I promised to you, and to
ask of you that you will go to Mollisons
old book Repository No.32 WhiteChapel
Liverpool and buy for me No 253 of their
Catalogue published 1810, and which Book
is the Nonconformists Memorial 3 Vols cost 21/-
and ask my papa for the ready and thank
him from me for his present to me of a desk
My Grandpapa & Grandmama both are
Come down stairs, indeed he is very much better.
I bought yesterday a most curious & antient
atlas containing 127 maps most beautifully engraved
& Coloured, published in 1570 for which I paid 12/-
and I have not doubt but 5 – 5 might be obtained
in London
yr affect Bro
Wm Bateman
[new page]
Mr Thos Bateman Junr
Liverpool
Hond
Mr W Yates
William Bateman to Thomas Bateman (junior), 23 February 1810
Asking him to purchase a number of books for him including the Nonconformists Memorial, providing updates on the health of Grandpapa and Grandmama, and telling him about a recent purchase of an atlas containing beautifullly engraved and coloured maps.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 20 [3]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1810
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23 Feb 1810
Manchester
[Lancashire, England]
Mr Thos Bateman Junr, Liverpool
Hond by Mr W Yates
[Lancashire, England]
primary author
- consumption
- devotional practice
- gifting
hurried
- affection
- grateful
- love
- family
- siblings
To Cite this Letter
William Bateman to Thomas Bateman (junior), 23 February 1810, 2321810: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 20 [3]
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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.