Diplomatic Text
Dear Sir,
Mr. Balfour my agent in Scotland having been advised, that the
busineʃs I formerly troubled you upon, might be done in a better manner; he
has laid aside the Deed of Conveyance of the Heretable Bond signed by Mrs.
Dickenson & you & I sent the enclosed Deed which I beg the favor that you
& Mrs. Dickenson will execute exactly in the manner he has directed. I have occasion to
borrow a Thousand Pounds, to be laid out in the purchase of a cornetcy in the 10th.
Dragoons for m - [1] ------ [2] [whi]ch I mean to do on the security of the Heretable Bond for which
Mrs. Dickens[on] & you upon receiving the money have given me a discharge, but
as the Law of Scotland requires more formalities, the enclosed Deed is meant to
certify your having received the Money, & that you have no further claim in
consequence of that Bond. I beg to be affectionately rememberd to Mrs. Dickenson.
I remain with great regard,
Dear Sir,
Your faithful Humble Servant
Frederick Hamilton
[Ox]ford Street No. 249
June 15th. 1789[3]
Directions to be carefully attended to in executing the enclosed Deed
Mrs: Dickenson's separte Ratification is neceʃsary; you will therefore please to
observe that one is subjoined on the last Page of the Deed to be signed by
Mrs. Dickenson, a Justice of Peace, a Notary Publick, & Two Witneʃses --
Mrs. Dickenson signs first on the first croʃs -- The Justice at the second
adding “J. P.” after his name; & the Notary at the Third Croʃs prefixing ie before to his
name the Words Præmiʃsa eʃse vera attestor -- And the Two Witneʃses
at these Marks __ __ , And please to send me a Note of the Date, &
the residence of the Justice & the Designation of the Witneʃses to the
Ratification as well as to the Deed each Page of which is to be signed
first by Mrs. Dickenson & by you at the second Croʃs & by the Witneʃses
at these Marks __ __[4] in the third Page
I beg you will forgive me for giving you all this trouble, & be aʃsured that
I will with great pleasure at any time undertake as much for you
Return the Deed as soon as you can by a safe conveyance or by Post[5]
London Qury.[6] June SixteenSeventeen 1789
Taxal
Chapel le Frith
Derbyshire
Greville
[7]
[8]
[9]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. Probably my
2. Probably son
3. The dateline appears to the left of the salutation and signature.
4. Hamilton indicates two parallel horizontal lines here.
5. Hamilton writes these words in the line above, marking them separate with a |.
6. Greville's frank appears to have been queried, possible because of the amended date, which explains why postage has been charged.
7. A Bishop Mark is visible.
8. The address and envelope are marked 1/6 and 2/11, indicating uncertainty about the postage due (possibly in relation to the queried frank).
9. Remains and evidence of a seal, in red wax, cut away.
Normalised Text
Dear Sir,
Mr. Balfour my agent in Scotland having been advised, that the
business I formerly troubled you upon, might be done in a better manner; he
has laid aside the Deed of Conveyance of the Heritable Bond signed by Mrs.
Dickenson & you & I sent the enclosed Deed which I beg the favour that you
& Mrs. Dickenson will execute exactly in the manner he has directed. I have occasion to
borrow a Thousand Pounds, to be laid out in the purchase of a cornetcy in the 10th.
Dragoons for m - ------ which I mean to do on the security of the Heritable Bond for which
Mrs. Dickenson & you upon receiving the money have given me a discharge, but
as the Law of Scotland requires more formalities, the enclosed Deed is meant to
certify your having received the Money, & that you have no further claim in
consequence of that Bond. I beg to be affectionately remembered to Mrs. Dickenson.
I remain with great regard,
Dear Sir,
Your faithful Humble Servant
Frederick Hamilton
Oxford Street No. 249
June 15th. 1789
Directions to be carefully attended to in executing the enclosed Deed
Mrs: Dickenson's separate Ratification is necessary; you will therefore please to
observe that one is subjoined on the last Page of the Deed to be signed by
Mrs. Dickenson, a Justice of Peace, a Notary Public, & Two Witnesses --
Mrs. Dickenson signs first on the first cross -- The Justice at the second
adding “J. P.” after his name; & the Notary at the Third Cross prefixing ie before to his
name the Words Præmissa esse vera attestor -- And the Two Witnesses
at these Marks __ __ , And please to send me a Note of the Date, &
the residence of the Justice & the Designation of the Witnesses to the
Ratification as well as to the Deed each Page of which is to be signed
first by Mrs. Dickenson & by you at the second Cross & by the Witnesses
at these Marks __ __ in the third Page
I beg you will forgive me for giving you all this trouble, & be assured that
I will with great pleasure at any time undertake as much for you
Return the Deed as soon as you can by a safe conveyance or by Post
London June 1789
Taxal
Chapel le Frith
Derbyshire
Greville
quotations, spellings, uncorrected forms, split words, abbreviations, formatting)
Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Frederick Hamilton to John Dickenson
Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/2/5
Correspondence Details
Sender: Frederick Hamilton
Place sent: London
Addressee: John Dickenson
Place received: Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith
Date sent: 15 June 1789
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Rev. Frederick Hamilton to John Dickenson. The letter relates to Hamilton's heritable bond (see HAM/1/4/1) and discusses the necessary legal requirements that have to be followed before the bond is settled. The letter outlines in detail the procedures that need to be undertaken.
Dated at Oxford Street [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 399 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 29 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