My Dear Sister
London Sept^r 17 1793
I see your last is dated [deleted] {^in} August
so I think it is time I should answer it least you should
be too long silent to me – I suppose my Mamma would
receive a letter I wrote last week by private hand in
which I mentioned some particulars about the intended
Wedding which took place accordingly – We all met
at Highbury soon after 8 to Breakfast You would have been
pleased to have been in M^r Romaines company I was
agreeably disappointed in him he made himself very {^agreeable & was} cheerful
& affable after Breakfast he gave an exhortation & went to
prayer – I wish you could have heard his discourse to us
[deleted] Wives one exhortation I can remember which was for
us to pray in turns with our Husbands in private & I am
not quite certain but he added in publick too he said it
would be a means of preserving & encreasing mutual Love
Miss Wilson went to Church in pretty good spirits & went
through the ceremony very well only she met with one
circumstances which {?floried] her a little namely her glove
sticking on so fast that she was a considerable time before
she could get it off After is was over we went to Hamsted
& spent a very agreeable day Old M^rs Mills was rather
low at parting with her son but my Mother-in-Law bore
her loss wonderfully I was surprized to find her so –
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so courageous but M^r W says when they got home at night
they sat looking at one another & could say nothing – they
have often been called Derby & Joan but he says they never
looked {^so} like D & J as they did then. At present M^rs W
is so busy getting their House ready for them that she
has scarce time to think of her loss – I have been with
her to look at the House & I think it will be something
to do to have it ready by next week when they talk of
coming home – It is not as convenient a House as this one
is {^excepting the laundry} nor as much room in it but M^rs Mills seems to
prefer living where her Husbands Warehouse is then being
in the country at present. I find people have a good
deal to say about this match any little [deleted] thing that
looked like covetousness is now reaped up & indeed I suppose
there may be some reason for what is said as his bringing up
was so near he can scarce be thought to have already got
quit of his old tricks for before his Father died he had no
idea of having half of what he has – I hope he will
now act in a different Manner for his Wife I think is generous
& really wishes to go good with what she has. I have had a
letter from Jane giving me an agreeable account of their journey
to Poole (where M^rs Ashburnes preaches) who was so delighted to
see M^r & M^rs M that she said she could scarce describe it
She thinks M^r M a sensible improving & agreeable young man.
The morning after he was married he asked Jane to go
up stairs with them & he would read a Psalm & go to pray
I think this looks well & I daresay it would please M^rs M
very much.
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Through mercy my little Becky still keeps well she is at
Highbury & begins to look more like a country girl than she
did I am glad to hear my Nephew William is better
for his Liverpool journey I think Thomas is late with {^his}
tongue but it is better to be late with that than the feet
M^rs Josephs Boy comes on very finely he is a pretty {^&} good
tempered Child M^rs Joseph herself looks rather poorly she has
not been very well since her confinement & some are
ready to condemn her already but she hopes better things.
I have been told that trade is reviving with you I
wish that may be true at least I wish it may continue
to do so through the winter for the sake of the poor – but I
am afraid if it is but a temporary revival. I
should be glad to see your good husband here as
usual upon cotton expeditions – If such times come
again I hope you will step up with him. I have just
been reminded of you (as indeed I daily am) with the “cats
meat” cry – he says {^it} just as he did when you mimicked him
I think I mentioned to Mamma that I had a new servant
in Martha’s place – I hope she will suit as I dislike changing
I hear Martha is much better & can walk without stick.
This servants name is Rebekah so we have changed her name to
Betty – M^r Wilson joins me in Love to M^r Bateman & yourself
Please to remember us dutifully & affectionately to my Papa &
Mamma from whom I hope to hear soon I remain my Dear
Sister yours affectionately
And Sincerely
E Wilson
PS I believe my Papa has never answered old
[damaged] Wilson’s letter that he sent by me I think now he
[damaged] do it to congratulage him upon his daughters
[damaged] [illeg] if he does not chuse it tell my Mamma who can do it
[damaged] Mr W I am sure such trifling thin would please very much & he
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M^rs Bateman
Levers=row
Manchester

My Dear Sister
London Sept^r 17 1793
I see your last is dated [deleted] {^in} August
so I think it is time I should answer it least you should
be too long silent to me – I suppose my Mamma would
receive a letter I wrote last week by private hand in
which I mentioned some particulars about the intended
Wedding which took place accordingly – We all met
at Highbury soon after 8 to Breakfast You would have been
pleased to have been in M^r Romaines company I was
agreeably disappointed in him he made himself very {^agreeable & was} cheerful
& affable after Breakfast he gave an exhortation & went to
prayer – I wish you could have heard his discourse to us
[deleted] Wives one exhortation I can remember which was for
us to pray in turns with our Husbands in private & I am
not quite certain but he added in publick too he said it
would be a means of preserving & encreasing mutual Love
Miss Wilson went to Church in pretty good spirits & went
through the ceremony very well only she met with one
circumstances which {?floried] her a little namely her glove
sticking on so fast that she was a considerable time before
she could get it off After is was over we went to Hamsted
& spent a very agreeable day Old M^rs Mills was rather
low at parting with her son but my Mother-in-Law bore
her loss wonderfully I was surprized to find her so –
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so courageous but M^r W says when they got home at night
they sat looking at one another & could say nothing – they
have often been called Derby & Joan but he says they never
looked {^so} like D & J as they did then. At present M^rs W
is so busy getting their House ready for them that she
has scarce time to think of her loss – I have been with
her to look at the House & I think it will be something
to do to have it ready by next week when they talk of
coming home – It is not as convenient a House as this one
is {^excepting the laundry} nor as much room in it but M^rs Mills seems to
prefer living where her Husbands Warehouse is then being
in the country at present. I find people have a good
deal to say about this match any little [deleted] thing that
looked like covetousness is now reaped up & indeed I suppose
there may be some reason for what is said as his bringing up
was so near he can scarce be thought to have already got
quit of his old tricks for before his Father died he had no
idea of having half of what he has – I hope he will
now act in a different Manner for his Wife I think is generous
& really wishes to go good with what she has. I have had a
letter from Jane giving me an agreeable account of their journey
to Poole (where M^rs Ashburnes preaches) who was so delighted to
see M^r & M^rs M that she said she could scarce describe it
She thinks M^r M a sensible improving & agreeable young man.
The morning after he was married he asked Jane to go
up stairs with them & he would read a Psalm & go to pray
I think this looks well & I daresay it would please M^rs M
very much.
[new page]
Through mercy my little Becky still keeps well she is at
Highbury & begins to look more like a country girl than she
did I am glad to hear my Nephew William is better
for his Liverpool journey I think Thomas is late with {^his}
tongue but it is better to be late with that than the feet
M^rs Josephs Boy comes on very finely he is a pretty {^&} good
tempered Child M^rs Joseph herself looks rather poorly she has
not been very well since her confinement & some are
ready to condemn her already but she hopes better things.
I have been told that trade is reviving with you I
wish that may be true at least I wish it may continue
to do so through the winter for the sake of the poor – but I
am afraid if it is but a temporary revival. I
should be glad to see your good husband here as
usual upon cotton expeditions – If such times come
again I hope you will step up with him. I have just
been reminded of you (as indeed I daily am) with the “cats
meat” cry – he says {^it} just as he did when you mimicked him
I think I mentioned to Mamma that I had a new servant
in Martha’s place – I hope she will suit as I dislike changing
I hear Martha is much better & can walk without stick.
This servants name is Rebekah so we have changed her name to
Betty – M^r Wilson joins me in Love to M^r Bateman & yourself
Please to remember us dutifully & affectionately to my Papa &
Mamma from whom I hope to hear soon I remain my Dear
Sister yours affectionately
And Sincerely
E Wilson
PS I believe my Papa has never answered old
[damaged] Wilson’s letter that he sent by me I think now he
[damaged] do it to congratulage him upon his daughters
[damaged] [illeg] if he does not chuse it tell my Mamma who can do it
[damaged] Mr W I am sure such trifling thin would please very much & he
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M^rs Bateman
Levers=row
Manchester