61 - Rebekah Bateman to William Bateman, 2 December 1796
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Rebekah Bateman 2 ALS to (her son) William Bateman, Gatley /1796, 1797
My Dear Willm
Your Papa & I were pleased, to see by the writing of your last that you have {^not} lost time. We hope & wish it may be your endeavour to improve it, in future; Remember, that ‘Tis but one youth, & short that mortals have”.
And as we hope you will improve time for, this life, let me intreat you not to forget another, you can now read & think. Do not omit praying too; pray that the Lord woud direct you (tho’ a Child) into his fear; that you may not have to regret, if you live to grow up, that the best of your days where spent in vain.
The week after your Papa saw you, your Brother, was took ill of the small pox, he is thro’ mercy quite recovered; since that your Sister has had them, & is now mending fast. Grandpapp Papa & Mamma have been spending a few days at Gatley, they returned yesterday, & took Thomas with them, I hope to be in Manchester next week, to stay till I see you there; when you come desire the Chaise may set you down at Shudehill. Present our joint & best respects to Mr and Mrs Littlewood, hoping soon to see you
I remain
My Dear
Your affectionate Mother
R Bateman
Gatley
Decr 2 1796
Box 1, Folder 7 (1)
Rebekah Bateman 2 ALS to (her son) William Bateman, Gatley /1796, 1797
My Dear Willm
Your Papa & I were pleased, to see by the writing of your last that you have {^not} lost time. We hope & wish it may be your endeavour to improve it, in future; Remember, that ‘Tis but one youth, & short that mortals have”.
And as we hope you will improve time for, this life, let me intreat you not to forget another, you can now read & think. Do not omit praying too; pray that the Lord woud direct you (tho’ a Child) into his fear; that you may not have to regret, if you live to grow up, that the best of your days where spent in vain.
The week after your Papa saw you, your Brother, was took ill of the small pox, he is thro’ mercy quite recovered; since that your Sister has had them, & is now mending fast. Grandpapp Papa & Mamma have been spending a few days at Gatley, they returned yesterday, & took Thomas with them, I hope to be in Manchester next week, to stay till I see you there; when you come desire the Chaise may set you down at Shudehill. Present our joint & best respects to Mr and Mrs Littlewood, hoping soon to see you
I remain
My Dear
Your affectionate Mother
R Bateman
Gatley
Decr 2 1796
Rebekah Bateman to William Bateman, 2 December 1796
Expressing pleasure that he has been studying hard at school, entreating him to remember to pray as well as to read and write, providing news of home including an outbreak of smallpox and instructions for his journey home.
Bateman Family Papers
OSB MSS 32 Box.1 Fol.7 (1)
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
1796
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2
Decr 2 1796
Gatley
[Lancashire, England]
[?Manchester, England]
primary author
- devotional practice
- reading
- travel
youth
- health
- well
- affection
- grateful
- happy
- hopeful
- love (parental)
- pleasure
- education
- faith
- memory
- at home
- school
- family
- parenthood
My Dear Willm
primary addressee
- devotional practice
- reading
- thinking
- travel
youth
health
- duty
- education
- faith
school
family
other
- illness
- smallpox
youth
- ill-health
- recovery
faith
- consolation
- religion
family
- body - improving
- health - improving
To Cite this Letter
Rebekah Bateman to William Bateman, 2 December 1796, 2121796: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Bateman Family Papers, OSB MSS 32 Box.1 Fol.7 (1)
To Cite this Edition
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.