My dear M^rs B
I thank {^you} for your kind Letter a favor
I did not expect untill I had wrote you first I had
intended it long before this but have been prevented
from one time to another; much of my time has been
taken up in nursing my d^r little one. I like Nursing
well but have been so much confined since I have
been here that in {?Head} I cant help saying it has made
that toil which otherwise wou’d have been a great
pleasure – when I have been freed from this I have
gone out to see my Friends which are very nu=
=merous . I shall not have it in my hower to see
them all tho’ my stay has been so long.
I thank you sincerely for your kind enquiry
after my health and that of Mary Ann – I have
reason to be thankful I have been very well ever
since I left Manchester Mary Ann was very well
except a Cold which she brought with her until
last Saturday when the Chicken Pox appeared
upon her – what I have suffered on her Acc^t since
I can’t make you conceive – she has certainly
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been much worse than many Children are
when down with the small pox – on Monday they
they came out so thick and full that we really
thought they had been them – the day they were
were at the height her fever was very high she
had two Convulsion fits – to see her so afflicted you
must suppose how I must be affected – if you had
been with {^me} you wou’d I’m sure have Condoled &
sympathized with a Friend – I wou’d wish on every
occasions at times to prove myself such – I’m sure
I feel the most sincere regard & affection for you
& therefore for your –
We have held M^r & M^rs Will Hope
here since Wednesday they left us this Morning –
M^r Dinwiddie dines here to day – M^r Durden don’t
like it at all my Mamma insists upon his dining
at home – M^r D got here on Thursday Evening
much fatigued with his journey he is far from
well – My Mamma & Papas kind respects to you
& M^r B, your {^order will be} executed in a Week or two at present
he has no White Soap so good as he would wish
to send you – I have given your Respects to those
friends you mentioned, they all desire theirs
in return
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Please to present mine to M^r B, M^r M^rs & Miss Clegg
and to any other Friends who enquire after your
very sincere
Mary Jane Durdon
Saturday Oct^r 14 1786
I’m glad Molly was so thoughtful as to bring
you the Partridges I’m obliged I {?assure/assume} by your
acceting them.
I’ll thank you to tell her if you
shou’d go our way to get both the
Beds ready the latter end of next
Week – we shall not come till
Monday or Tuesday week – I wou’d
have her to expect us sooner –
Perhaps I may bring some young
Friend with {^me} my Cousin Whitby can’t possibly be
spared my Aunt is still indisposed tho’ much
better I have a promise of her coming in the
Christmas
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M^rs Bateman
Piccadilly
Manchester

My dear M^rs B
I thank {^you} for your kind Letter a favor
I did not expect untill I had wrote you first I had
intended it long before this but have been prevented
from one time to another; much of my time has been
taken up in nursing my d^r little one. I like Nursing
well but have been so much confined since I have
been here that in {?Head} I cant help saying it has made
that toil which otherwise wou’d have been a great
pleasure – when I have been freed from this I have
gone out to see my Friends which are very nu=
=merous . I shall not have it in my hower to see
them all tho’ my stay has been so long.
I thank you sincerely for your kind enquiry
after my health and that of Mary Ann – I have
reason to be thankful I have been very well ever
since I left Manchester Mary Ann was very well
except a Cold which she brought with her until
last Saturday when the Chicken Pox appeared
upon her – what I have suffered on her Acc^t since
I can’t make you conceive – she has certainly
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been much worse than many Children are
when down with the small pox – on Monday they
they came out so thick and full that we really
thought they had been them – the day they were
were at the height her fever was very high she
had two Convulsion fits – to see her so afflicted you
must suppose how I must be affected – if you had
been with {^me} you wou’d I’m sure have Condoled &
sympathized with a Friend – I wou’d wish on every
occasions at times to prove myself such – I’m sure
I feel the most sincere regard & affection for you
& therefore for your –
We have held M^r & M^rs Will Hope
here since Wednesday they left us this Morning –
M^r Dinwiddie dines here to day – M^r Durden don’t
like it at all my Mamma insists upon his dining
at home – M^r D got here on Thursday Evening
much fatigued with his journey he is far from
well – My Mamma & Papas kind respects to you
& M^r B, your {^order will be} executed in a Week or two at present
he has no White Soap so good as he would wish
to send you – I have given your Respects to those
friends you mentioned, they all desire theirs
in return
[new page]
Please to present mine to M^r B, M^r M^rs & Miss Clegg
and to any other Friends who enquire after your
very sincere
Mary Jane Durdon
Saturday Oct^r 14 1786
I’m glad Molly was so thoughtful as to bring
you the Partridges I’m obliged I {?assure/assume} by your
acceting them.
I’ll thank you to tell her if you
shou’d go our way to get both the
Beds ready the latter end of next
Week – we shall not come till
Monday or Tuesday week – I wou’d
have her to expect us sooner –
Perhaps I may bring some young
Friend with {^me} my Cousin Whitby can’t possibly be
spared my Aunt is still indisposed tho’ much
better I have a promise of her coming in the
Christmas
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M^rs Bateman
Piccadilly
Manchester