[top margin] My Aunt begs her kind [damaged] to you remember me to M^rs Bradberry
Islington
Sep^r 3 1787
My Dear Sister
Since I have an opportunity by so welcome
& unexpected a stranger as M^r Bateman I cannot think of
letting it slip without writing a few lines to you last night
when I got into the Tabernacle the first person I knew was M^r B
which very much surprized me – it was both a pleasing & painful
sensation to me – I was very happy {^to} find that you was all so well
at Manch^r he tells {^me} my little Nephew comes on very finely
I am glad of it & I heartily wish you may be enabled to love
him subserviently to the Love of God – I often think it is a great
charge to bring up Children as they ought to be – I find there is
some talk of Inoculating him if you do it I hope he will get
them well over before I return.
Since I came I have been to call upon M^rs Rivers M,sup>rs Gouger
& Miss Catlet the former enquired particularly after you I knew
Miss C & M^rs G as soon as I saw them but they neither of them
knew me – I should not have called to see Miss C but as we were
coming from Blackfryers we accidentally met with M^r Newton
who looked very hard at us so I asked him how his Niece did & he
would have us to go in with him we did but had not the pleasure
of seeing M^rs Newton. We had a good deal of talk about Manch^r
& M^r Warhurst whom he seemed to think very highly of indeed he
said his being an afflicted man made him so good a Man & his
being lame made him walk strait – He promised Aunt & I to come
& see us sometime with his Niece – I am glad to hear that my
Mamma is likely to have {^Miss Lowes} company while I am here it will make
[damaged] stay more comfortably. I was in hopes she would have been your
{?bed}fellow in M^r B absence till he told me to the contrary as I expected
[damaged] at Shudehill the beginning of last week - - I must conclude with
Love to you & begging you write to me if you can find time I am yours
Affectionately E Clegg
[left margin] PS you have neglected to send a letter by M^r B to the
Young lady I was to have brought one to I have forgot her name.
[new page]
M^rs Bateman
Levers Row
Manchester

[top margin] My Aunt begs her kind [damaged] to you remember me to M^rs Bradberry
Islington
Sep^r 3 1787
My Dear Sister
Since I have an opportunity by so welcome
& unexpected a stranger as M^r Bateman I cannot think of
letting it slip without writing a few lines to you last night
when I got into the Tabernacle the first person I knew was M^r B
which very much surprized me – it was both a pleasing & painful
sensation to me – I was very happy {^to} find that you was all so well
at Manch^r he tells {^me} my little Nephew comes on very finely
I am glad of it & I heartily wish you may be enabled to love
him subserviently to the Love of God – I often think it is a great
charge to bring up Children as they ought to be – I find there is
some talk of Inoculating him if you do it I hope he will get
them well over before I return.
Since I came I have been to call upon M^rs Rivers M,sup>rs Gouger
& Miss Catlet the former enquired particularly after you I knew
Miss C & M^rs G as soon as I saw them but they neither of them
knew me – I should not have called to see Miss C but as we were
coming from Blackfryers we accidentally met with M^r Newton
who looked very hard at us so I asked him how his Niece did & he
would have us to go in with him we did but had not the pleasure
of seeing M^rs Newton. We had a good deal of talk about Manch^r
& M^r Warhurst whom he seemed to think very highly of indeed he
said his being an afflicted man made him so good a Man & his
being lame made him walk strait – He promised Aunt & I to come
& see us sometime with his Niece – I am glad to hear that my
Mamma is likely to have {^Miss Lowes} company while I am here it will make
[damaged] stay more comfortably. I was in hopes she would have been your
{?bed}fellow in M^r B absence till he told me to the contrary as I expected
[damaged] at Shudehill the beginning of last week - - I must conclude with
Love to you & begging you write to me if you can find time I am yours
Affectionately E Clegg
[left margin] PS you have neglected to send a letter by M^r B to the
Young lady I was to have brought one to I have forgot her name.
[new page]
M^rs Bateman
Levers Row
Manchester