Diplomatic Text
I congratulate you most sincerely my Dear Niece upon
the happy event you were so obliging as to communi-
cate to me by your letter of the 21st. Inst. After a series
of disappointments, I mean those relating to a former
seemingly splendid situation, borne without complaint,
it seems now to be your turn to enjoy some tranquillity
and happineʃs, which I have the greatest reason to
hope will be the case, as I know your turn of mind,
always disposed to see things in a favorable point
of view, which is certainly the truest and most
profitable philosophy. Tho' you are now trans=
planted into another Family, give me leave to aʃ=
sure you that the same affectionate interest in
every thing that can concern your happineʃs will
on my part ever attend you in all situations.
I have received another letter from my
Agent in Scotland upon the busineʃs of the Heretable
Bond, the particulars of which I shall not enter upon
at present, but I can not quit the subject without
aʃsuring you, that it shall be settled to your entire
satisfaction, and that I will take it upon myself.
I beg you will present my affectionate compts. to
Mr. Dickenson with my congratulations upon this oc=
casion and best wishes to your mutual happineʃs
Adieu, My Dear Friend
Yours most faithfully &c
Frederick Hamilton
Teingmouth -- Devon
June 26th. 1785.
P.S. In your next please to let us
know how we are to direct to you --
as it may not be proper to trespaʃs further upon Ld. S——t's indulgence
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Normalised Text
I congratulate you most sincerely my Dear Niece upon
the happy event you were so obliging as to communicate
to me by your letter of the 21st. Instant After a series
of disappointments, I mean those relating to a former
seemingly splendid situation, borne without complaint,
it seems now to be your turn to enjoy some tranquillity
and happiness, which I have the greatest reason to
hope will be the case, as I know your turn of mind,
always disposed to see things in a favourable point
of view, which is certainly the truest and most
profitable philosophy. Though you are now transplanted
into another Family, give me leave to assure
you that the same affectionate interest in
every thing that can concern your happiness will
on my part ever attend you in all situations.
I have received another letter from my
Agent in Scotland upon the business of the Heritable
Bond, the particulars of which I shall not enter upon
at present, but I can not quit the subject without
assuring you, that it shall be settled to your entire
satisfaction, and that I will take it upon myself.
I beg you will present my affectionate compliments to
Mr. Dickenson with my congratulations upon this occasion
and best wishes to your mutual happiness
Adieu, My Dear Friend
Yours most faithfully &c
Frederick Hamilton
Teingmouth -- Devon
June 26th. 1785.
P.S. In your next please to let us
know how we are to direct to you --
as it may not be proper to trespass further upon Lord Stormont's indulgence
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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 Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/1/27
Correspondence Details
Sender: Frederick Hamilton
Place sent: Teignmouth
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 26 June 1785
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Rev. Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton. He writes to congratulate his niece on her engagement to John Dickenson.
Dated at Teignmouth [Devon].
Length: 1 sheet, 258 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: Transcription and XML version created as part of project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers', funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council under grant AH/S007121/1.
Transliterator: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 22 July 2020)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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Revision date: 2 November 2021