Diplomatic Text
My Dear,
You know that we went to Gooully
& Drank Tea, there. we were very
happy but when we came home, only
think we went all three in Lady
Charlotte's Chair & she Walked on
the side. I hope you was much
pleased with the Play & the Farce.
I aʃsure you of my Love & Promise
you always to continue it.
My Dear
Your
Friend.
Charlotte Augusta Ma[tilda]
January 28th,, 1778.
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Normalised Text
My Dear,
You know that we went to Goully
& Drank Tea, there. we were very
happy but when we came home, only
think we went all three in Lady
Charlotte's Chair & she Walked on
the side. I hope you was much
pleased with the Play & the Farce.
I assure you of my Love & Promise
you always to continue it.
My Dear
Your
Friend.
Charlotte Augusta Matilda
January 28th,, 1778.
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/1/5/5
Correspondence Details
Sender: Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal
Place sent: to be determined
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: to be determined
Date sent: 28 January 1778
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, to Mary Hamilton. She notes that after a visit to 'Goully' [Martha Goldsworthy] for tea, she and the others [perhaps two of her sisters] travelled back in Lady Charlotte Finch's chair with Lady Charlotte walking alongside. Charlotte ends the letter with the hope that Hamilton enjoyed the play and farce that she had gone to.
Length: 1 sheet, 73 words
Transliteration Information
Editorial declaration: First edited in the project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers' (Hannah Barker, Sophie Coulombeau, David Denison, Tino Oudesluijs, Cassandra Ulph, Christine Wallis & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2019-2023).
All quotation marks are retained in the text and are represented by appropriate Unicode characters. Words split across two lines may have a hyphen on the first, the second or both fragments (reco-|ver, imperfect|-ly, satisfacti-|-on); or a double hyphen (pur=|port, dan|=ger, qua=|=litys); or none (respect|ing). Any point in abbreviations with superscripted letter(s) is placed last, regardless of relative left-right orientation in the original. Thus, Mrs. or Mrs may occur, but M.rs or Mr.s do not.
Acknowledgements: XML version first created without transcription as part of project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers', funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council under grant AH/S007121/1. Transcription added after the funded period under the supervision of David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Transliterator: Mercedes Bermúdez-Santiago, undergraduate student, University of Vigo (submitted 20 February 2025)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors
Revision date: 7 November 2025
