448 - Elizabeth Wilson to Rebekah Bateman, 3 December 1787

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My Dear Sister
Islington Decr 3 1787
I find myself disposed for
writing to some of my friends in Manchester
this evening being alone a little while Aunt
is laid down to rest her after a fatiguing
day & as I thought I had written so
lately to Shudehill I pitched upon you know
ing that Levers row & Shudehill are so near
ally’d that what is done to the one is almost
to the other. In the first place I must
tell you that I am disappointed at not
seeing Mr Bateman here long before this
although I am sorry to rob you of your
Husbands company & particularly upon
such an occasion as Law yet I am desirous
of having an agreeable companion to
travel to Manchester with. I fully expected
to have seen my little Nephew before this
[vertical left side] give my love to Miss Lowe & I thank her for her kind
letter & hope to answer it.
[new page]
& am glad to hear how finely he comes on.
My Cousin John was smiling the other evening
& saying you wonder how I can be content
long without seeing him. I assure you he
has often had a share along with my other
friends in my thoughts & I don’t know but
I have longed to see him as much as any of
them but you must consider that in one
month I could not have got that endeared
affection for him as his Mother Grandmother
&c &c &c have been gaining in 4 months Love
you now will particularly feel is a growing
thing I know it will be something for us all to
do not to Love too well. I am glad to hear that
you {^will} have Cousin Marget with you while Mr
B comes up tell him I give him no longer
than this week. I have not seen Miss Allwood
since I slept there I called one morning
last week there but she was not at home
I have promised to send her word when my
Brother arrives she wants to see him very
Much. I wish you would send word by him
What kind of a pincushion you want me to buy
I have sought a good deal for a knitted one but
[new page]
I cannot get one if its any other sort perhaps I may
find one – Tell Miss Lowe I mean to buy her as
pretty a Muff as I can find but I am so much
against the fashionable ones that I can scarce please
myself they are so immoderately large but I am told they
grow less & that is a good thing for there is more to be
got that I can see of a small size.
Miss L informs me that my Mamma does not
seem much against me having a white Cloak if I
desire one. I have been turning my black one & I
think it will fit me this winter to go to the Warehouse
in as we are in mourning so I only mean to
try if I can purchase a [deleted] Furr the same [damaged
colour of my Muff (namely Fox) to be ready [damaged]
against next winter if I should live & be well
for I think we can have the sattin equally as
reasonable in Manchester but you must know
I have been thinking if I can get a furr [deleted]
This winter I stand a chance for a cloak the
next & then it will come by little & little
It is but seldom that I come to London & so I
am for having something desirable to remember it
by you see perhaps you will send me a commission
to purchase [deleted] a trimming for you – but I see I
must conclude with duty to Papa & Mamma love {^to} yourself
brother & Marget & all as if named I am yours &c E Clegg
[new page]
I am happy to inform you that I think my
Aunt Pearson seems {^to} get her spirits a little
we drank Tea there last night & we partly
expect her & Cousins to come to Dinner here
tomorrow. My respects to Mrs Durdon &
Mrs Bradberry & Mrs Wilson whole family.
Mrs Bateman
Levers-row
Manchester
My Dear Sister
Islington Decr 3 1787
I find myself disposed for
writing to some of my friends in Manchester
this evening being alone a little while Aunt
is laid down to rest her after a fatiguing
day & as I thought I had written so
lately to Shudehill I pitched upon you know
ing that Levers row & Shudehill are so near
ally’d that what is done to the one is almost
to the other. In the first place I must
tell you that I am disappointed at not
seeing Mr Bateman here long before this
although I am sorry to rob you of your
Husbands company & particularly upon
such an occasion as Law yet I am desirous
of having an agreeable companion to
travel to Manchester with. I fully expected
to have seen my little Nephew before this
[vertical left side] give my love to Miss Lowe & I thank her for her kind
letter & hope to answer it.
[new page]
& am glad to hear how finely he comes on.
My Cousin John was smiling the other evening
& saying you wonder how I can be content
long without seeing him. I assure you he
has often had a share along with my other
friends in my thoughts & I don’t know but
I have longed to see him as much as any of
them but you must consider that in one
month I could not have got that endeared
affection for him as his Mother Grandmother
&c &c &c have been gaining in 4 months Love
you now will particularly feel is a growing
thing I know it will be something for us all to
do not to Love too well. I am glad to hear that
you {^will} have Cousin Marget with you while Mr
B comes up tell him I give him no longer
than this week. I have not seen Miss Allwood
since I slept there I called one morning
last week there but she was not at home
I have promised to send her word when my
Brother arrives she wants to see him very
Much. I wish you would send word by him
What kind of a pincushion you want me to buy
I have sought a good deal for a knitted one but
[new page]
I cannot get one if its any other sort perhaps I may
find one – Tell Miss Lowe I mean to buy her as
pretty a Muff as I can find but I am so much
against the fashionable ones that I can scarce please
myself they are so immoderately large but I am told they
grow less & that is a good thing for there is more to be
got that I can see of a small size.
Miss L informs me that my Mamma does not
seem much against me having a white Cloak if I
desire one. I have been turning my black one & I
think it will fit me this winter to go to the Warehouse
in as we are in mourning so I only mean to
try if I can purchase a [deleted] Furr the same [damaged
colour of my Muff (namely Fox) to be ready [damaged]
against next winter if I should live & be well
for I think we can have the sattin equally as
reasonable in Manchester but you must know
I have been thinking if I can get a furr [deleted]
This winter I stand a chance for a cloak the
next & then it will come by little & little
It is but seldom that I come to London & so I
am for having something desirable to remember it
by you see perhaps you will send me a commission
to purchase [deleted] a trimming for you – but I see I
must conclude with duty to Papa & Mamma love {^to} yourself
brother & Marget & all as if named I am yours &c E Clegg
[new page]
I am happy to inform you that I think my
Aunt Pearson seems {^to} get her spirits a little
we drank Tea there last night & we partly
expect her & Cousins to come to Dinner here
tomorrow. My respects to Mrs Durdon &
Mrs Bradberry & Mrs Wilson whole family.
Mrs Bateman
Levers-row
Manchester
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Elizabeth Wilson to Rebekah Bateman, 3 December 1787

She is writing while her Aunt takes a lie down due to her fatigue, hoping that Mr Bateman can travel with her to Manchester, saying how much she misses seeing her nephew, asking for instructions on the type of pincushion she would like and complaining about the shape of fashionable muffs.

Bateman Family Papers

OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 36 (2)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

1787

12

3

Decr 3 1787

Islington

[London, England]

Mrs Bateman, Levers Row, Manchester

[Lancashire, England]

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To Cite this Letter

Elizabeth Wilson to Rebekah Bateman, 3 December 1787, 3121787: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 36 (2)

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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.

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