My Dear Sister
London Nov^r 20 1792
I have quite determined to write to day
if it be ever so few lines for I cannot be easy not to
acknowledge the reception of your last kind letter any
longer. This morning M^rs John Wilson came here &
hindred me a long time this morning & this afternoon
M^rs Joseph Wilson is coming to Tea in a free way –
I should have wrote last week but was at Highbury
from Tuesday till Saturday & I assure you I find
it makes me very busy to pack up & go there so
often though I believe it is of service to us all – my
Rebekah is got a fine girl she comes on as fast as I
could wish her – she soon recovered the cold I mentioned
in Janes letter. What mercies have we all to be
thankful for I want not to be forgetful of them
O may we sit loose to the creatures & enjoy them as
fading things tis dangerous to let loose our love beneath
the eternal fair.
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The news you sent me about Molly Thomas marrying [deleted]
quite surprized me surely wonders will never cease.
I wish I could see {^her} a little bit to rally her – as she used
to say so much against marrying however they have my
good wishes that they may be happy I wonder what Margaret
says I suppose she will be funny about it. Joseph [damaged]
called here the day your letter came & I told him their
news he held up both His hands with astonishment
& was much diverted. I am glad you got the snuff
Safe I was sorry I could not get to write a line or two
With it but I did not know of the conveyance in time
Poor M^rs {?R} & W I pity their conditions tis hard work
come so fast with Children. M^rs J Wilson is very well
in her present state & is very busy preparing to go into
her new house she mean to go next Monday week
Old M^rs Wilson is but poorly she has had a feverish
Complaint which has confined her to the House a {?week}
M^r W Sen^r begged me to give his love to you he says {?he}
is very fond of you & wishes you would come & live
nearer us & I wish so too for my sake but nor for
dear Mamma she would miss you much I am [damaged]
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happy to hear you are all well pray mention in every
letter particularly how you go on. I often think of
the time when I hope to see you again at
Manchester I sometimes wish my Mamma could see
her Granddaughter when she is in a merry mood
I have tried your medicine with good success &
mean to keep to it – except in violent cases
I must conclude with our joint love to you all as
if named Pray write soon & Excuse this sad
incoherent scrawl I have been called off 3 or 4
times in this short letter – I remain
My Dear Becky
Your truly affectionate
Sister E Wilson
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M^rs Bateman
Levers row
Manchester
[ANNOTATION in pencil: Dec^r 5 16 ½lb of Meat
a Neck of Mutton & a piece
of first cut of Beef, & steaks
With 3 Tongues one 1/6 & the
Other a [illeg] piece

My Dear Sister
London Nov^r 20 1792
I have quite determined to write to day
if it be ever so few lines for I cannot be easy not to
acknowledge the reception of your last kind letter any
longer. This morning M^rs John Wilson came here &
hindred me a long time this morning & this afternoon
M^rs Joseph Wilson is coming to Tea in a free way –
I should have wrote last week but was at Highbury
from Tuesday till Saturday & I assure you I find
it makes me very busy to pack up & go there so
often though I believe it is of service to us all – my
Rebekah is got a fine girl she comes on as fast as I
could wish her – she soon recovered the cold I mentioned
in Janes letter. What mercies have we all to be
thankful for I want not to be forgetful of them
O may we sit loose to the creatures & enjoy them as
fading things tis dangerous to let loose our love beneath
the eternal fair.
[new page]
The news you sent me about Molly Thomas marrying [deleted]
quite surprized me surely wonders will never cease.
I wish I could see {^her} a little bit to rally her – as she used
to say so much against marrying however they have my
good wishes that they may be happy I wonder what Margaret
says I suppose she will be funny about it. Joseph [damaged]
called here the day your letter came & I told him their
news he held up both His hands with astonishment
& was much diverted. I am glad you got the snuff
Safe I was sorry I could not get to write a line or two
With it but I did not know of the conveyance in time
Poor M^rs {?R} & W I pity their conditions tis hard work
come so fast with Children. M^rs J Wilson is very well
in her present state & is very busy preparing to go into
her new house she mean to go next Monday week
Old M^rs Wilson is but poorly she has had a feverish
Complaint which has confined her to the House a {?week}
M^r W Sen^r begged me to give his love to you he says {?he}
is very fond of you & wishes you would come & live
nearer us & I wish so too for my sake but nor for
dear Mamma she would miss you much I am [damaged]
[new page]
happy to hear you are all well pray mention in every
letter particularly how you go on. I often think of
the time when I hope to see you again at
Manchester I sometimes wish my Mamma could see
her Granddaughter when she is in a merry mood
I have tried your medicine with good success &
mean to keep to it – except in violent cases
I must conclude with our joint love to you all as
if named Pray write soon & Excuse this sad
incoherent scrawl I have been called off 3 or 4
times in this short letter – I remain
My Dear Becky
Your truly affectionate
Sister E Wilson
[new page]
M^rs Bateman
Levers row
Manchester
[ANNOTATION in pencil: Dec^r 5 16 ½lb of Meat
a Neck of Mutton & a piece
of first cut of Beef, & steaks
With 3 Tongues one 1/6 & the
Other a [illeg] piece