My Dear Sister
London
July 15 1794
I thank you for your kind favor of the
28 I was glad to hear your little girl was tolerable &
that she was the means of keeping my Mammas thoughts
from us – I was in much better spirits the next day than
when I left you at the Doc^r & though I still feel a little
regret when I consider how far I am off my friends &
do not know when I can see them all again yet I look
back upon my last journey with pleasure & I trust gratitude
I want to keep in mind with thankfulness the goodness of
God in preserving me & giving me so agreeable an interview
With those whom I feel near & dear to me - I have been very
well ever since I came home & have felt nothing at all
the soreness I complained of at Manch^r which I attribute
mostly to your easy Stays Don’t wonder if I should wear them
out but I am not uneasy about that as I believe you will
make me welcome {^if} I do – I am sorry Edmund Wrigly
did not come the day before that I might once more have
seen him. I have frequently heard of you by M^rs Proctor
which has made me pretty easy while I have been for some
days past in expectation of a letter from my Dear Mamma
I was surprized & pleased to hear you was got to Papas
[vertical left side] We had our family meeting this day week & had a comfortable one considering we
had last our heard M^rs Wilson would not leave M^r W nor would she have gone if he had
been better as she said [damaged]
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Country house I think it is a very good plan & may do all sides
good to travel backward & forward particularly M^r Bateman [damaged]
in so partial to being a country farmer – I suppose you
have all been a great deal taken up with removing &c &c
I have sometimes longed to know your plan how you manage
on Sabbath days whether M^r B comes up every evening with
every thing that belongs to you Pray does your servant
suit you? I have been thinking Betty cannot [illeg]
well as there will be no neighbours to go into in the
Country – I am surprized to hear of Poor Mary Smiths
misfortunes I am afraid James will never do any good
as he seems to have very little in him – I came from
Highbury this morning & left Rebekah very well she is a
little spoiled girl I assure you & am at a laoss how to
remedy it as neither I or her Grandmother are much with
her she has got to say {deleted] Cucumber plain & is
proud of it that if she is asked what she has in her
hand she answers cucumber – tho’ it be a thing ever so
much unlike – M^rs Wilson has been at Clapton
since the day after we came home M^r Remington has {?been}
so poorly which is a great anxiety to her as she sees no
religion at all in him Last Friday & Saturday week his
life was not expected from one day to another but towards
the fatter end of last week he recruited again & no seems
likely to get a little better for a while but we think not
for long – The Doc^r now advises a journey & if he keeps well
enough M^rs Wilson takes him to Cheltenham next Tuesday
[new page]
M^rs W is much concerned to see that his affliction is not
Sanctified to him – that she can perceive she thinks if it was
He would shew it in some way or another – I assure you
we have been a good deal engaged since we come home with
seeing him & now & then going to Highbury to see that Reb^h
is well done {^to} we are scarce easy for her to be so much there
without some body nearer than servants to look after her.
I have seen M^r Proctor this morning he says M^r
P is very well & Betsey is much as she was – Betsey has got
a little sore throat & swelled at the side of her face so [damaged]
than when she left Manch^r She seems much more ail[damaged]
than M^rs P - - I am so far off at present that I can [damaged]
often get to see them but they hope to be nearer in about a
month & then it is much but we shall have an interview
oftener – Margery has heard that Margot has been poorly
which made her rather low that day but she seems very easy
& comfortable in herself in the general I wonder what she
thinks of all here & daresay she never heard more of Religion
in the time in her life then since she came for poor M^r Remingtons
soul has been a great part of the topic in most of our interviews
She desires her love & says you may send or not send her watch
case as most suits you – M^rs Wilson desires to know in the
next letter whether my Papa thinks he shall want his money
soon as he has some by him. If not he will discount for the
present but will wait till he hears from Shudehill.
I am going to see M^rs Mills this afternoon (which will be the first
time in her own House since I am come home) & from thence to sleep at Highbury
She is well & looks pretty large as well as myself M^r W unites in
Love to you M^r B & Papa Mamma I remain yours affectionately E Wilson
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M^rs Bateman
Cromford Court
Manchester

My Dear Sister
London
July 15 1794
I thank you for your kind favor of the
28 I was glad to hear your little girl was tolerable &
that she was the means of keeping my Mammas thoughts
from us – I was in much better spirits the next day than
when I left you at the Doc^r & though I still feel a little
regret when I consider how far I am off my friends &
do not know when I can see them all again yet I look
back upon my last journey with pleasure & I trust gratitude
I want to keep in mind with thankfulness the goodness of
God in preserving me & giving me so agreeable an interview
With those whom I feel near & dear to me - I have been very
well ever since I came home & have felt nothing at all
the soreness I complained of at Manch^r which I attribute
mostly to your easy Stays Don’t wonder if I should wear them
out but I am not uneasy about that as I believe you will
make me welcome {^if} I do – I am sorry Edmund Wrigly
did not come the day before that I might once more have
seen him. I have frequently heard of you by M^rs Proctor
which has made me pretty easy while I have been for some
days past in expectation of a letter from my Dear Mamma
I was surprized & pleased to hear you was got to Papas
[vertical left side] We had our family meeting this day week & had a comfortable one considering we
had last our heard M^rs Wilson would not leave M^r W nor would she have gone if he had
been better as she said [damaged]
[new page]
Country house I think it is a very good plan & may do all sides
good to travel backward & forward particularly M^r Bateman [damaged]
in so partial to being a country farmer – I suppose you
have all been a great deal taken up with removing &c &c
I have sometimes longed to know your plan how you manage
on Sabbath days whether M^r B comes up every evening with
every thing that belongs to you Pray does your servant
suit you? I have been thinking Betty cannot [illeg]
well as there will be no neighbours to go into in the
Country – I am surprized to hear of Poor Mary Smiths
misfortunes I am afraid James will never do any good
as he seems to have very little in him – I came from
Highbury this morning & left Rebekah very well she is a
little spoiled girl I assure you & am at a laoss how to
remedy it as neither I or her Grandmother are much with
her she has got to say {deleted] Cucumber plain & is
proud of it that if she is asked what she has in her
hand she answers cucumber – tho’ it be a thing ever so
much unlike – M^rs Wilson has been at Clapton
since the day after we came home M^r Remington has {?been}
so poorly which is a great anxiety to her as she sees no
religion at all in him Last Friday & Saturday week his
life was not expected from one day to another but towards
the fatter end of last week he recruited again & no seems
likely to get a little better for a while but we think not
for long – The Doc^r now advises a journey & if he keeps well
enough M^rs Wilson takes him to Cheltenham next Tuesday
[new page]
M^rs W is much concerned to see that his affliction is not
Sanctified to him – that she can perceive she thinks if it was
He would shew it in some way or another – I assure you
we have been a good deal engaged since we come home with
seeing him & now & then going to Highbury to see that Reb^h
is well done {^to} we are scarce easy for her to be so much there
without some body nearer than servants to look after her.
I have seen M^r Proctor this morning he says M^r
P is very well & Betsey is much as she was – Betsey has got
a little sore throat & swelled at the side of her face so [damaged]
than when she left Manch^r She seems much more ail[damaged]
than M^rs P - - I am so far off at present that I can [damaged]
often get to see them but they hope to be nearer in about a
month & then it is much but we shall have an interview
oftener – Margery has heard that Margot has been poorly
which made her rather low that day but she seems very easy
& comfortable in herself in the general I wonder what she
thinks of all here & daresay she never heard more of Religion
in the time in her life then since she came for poor M^r Remingtons
soul has been a great part of the topic in most of our interviews
She desires her love & says you may send or not send her watch
case as most suits you – M^rs Wilson desires to know in the
next letter whether my Papa thinks he shall want his money
soon as he has some by him. If not he will discount for the
present but will wait till he hears from Shudehill.
I am going to see M^rs Mills this afternoon (which will be the first
time in her own House since I am come home) & from thence to sleep at Highbury
She is well & looks pretty large as well as myself M^r W unites in
Love to you M^r B & Papa Mamma I remain yours affectionately E Wilson
[new page]
M^rs Bateman
Cromford Court
Manchester