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HAM/1/4/4/18

Letter from Sir William Hamilton to Mary Hamilton with a note from Charles Francis Greville to Mary Hamilton

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                             Newberry Tuesday Night
                                                         June 8th 1784
My Dear Miʃs Hamilton
      I intended calling upon you
yesterday & this morning but busineʃs
increased upon me to that degree
that I coud not find a moment for
as the Ship goes to Naples before
I return to London I was obliged to
pack up my heavy baggage before
I left London. I am now off with
Charles Greville for Wales & Scotland
& we shall go over a great deal of
Ground before we return to London
early in the Month of August
& as I intend to stay about 3 Weeks in London


before I set off for Naples I hope to
see you before I go -- I am truly
sensible of your affection to me
& tho' I have been drawn away
by my numerous acquaintance
from seeing you often I do aʃsure you
that I have a most sincere & true
affection for you -- Cipriani sent
me two of the drawings of the Vase
& they are exquisite the whole will
be finished in a Week (as he says)
& then I have directed him to bring
the Vase to you & you will be
so good as to convey it secretly
to the Ducheʃs -- The Queen has
desired to see it therefore Cipriani


is to wait upon Her Majesty the day
before he brings it to you -- pray let
me know when it is safely lodged
as I am uneasy till I hear it is so.
Send your letter to Nerots Hotel
as I leave two Servants there & it
will be sent after me
                             I am My Dear Niece
                             most affly Yrs.    W:H.

      I beg you will excuʃe me for not having Sent
your covers. by sending the encloʃed you will much
oblige me & my Servant will receive his orders to
wait on you with them --
      I am Notwithʃtanding my
remiʃsneʃs. which gives you an opportunity of
exerciʃing towards me your Charity & beneVolence
very Sincerely yours.    CFG


Miʃs Hamilton
Clarges Street
Piccadilly
Greville[2] London[3]

Uncle William[4]

[5]
[6]

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 1. This annotation appears to the left of the dateline.
 2. Signature to authorise free frank.
 3. Free frank stamp, in red ink.
 4. This annotation is written vertically to the left of the address.
 5. Partial Bishop mark for June, in black ink.
 6. Postmark '[Newb]ury' in black ink, name partially illegible.

Normalised Text



                             Newberry Tuesday Night
                                                         June 8th
My Dear Miss Hamilton
      I intended calling upon you
yesterday & this morning but business
increased upon me to that degree
that I could not find a moment for
as the Ship goes to Naples before
I return to London I was obliged to
pack up my heavy baggage before
I left London. I am now off with
Charles Greville for Wales & Scotland
& we shall go over a great deal of
Ground before we return to London
early in the Month of August
& as I intend to stay about 3 Weeks in London


before I set off for Naples I hope to
see you before I go -- I am truly
sensible of your affection to me
& though I have been drawn away
by my numerous acquaintance
from seeing you often I do assure you
that I have a most sincere & true
affection for you -- Cipriani sent
me two of the drawings of the Vase
& they are exquisite the whole will
be finished in a Week (as he says)
& then I have directed him to bring
the Vase to you & you will be
so good as to convey it secretly
to the Duchess -- The Queen has
desired to see it therefore Cipriani


is to wait upon Her Majesty the day
before he brings it to you -- pray let
me know when it is safely lodged
as I am uneasy till I hear it is so.
Send your letter to Nerots Hotel
as I leave two Servants there & it
will be sent after me
                             I am My Dear Niece
                             most Affectionately Yours    William Hamilton

      I beg you will excuse me for not having Sent
your covers. by sending the enclosed you will much
oblige me & my Servant will receive his orders to
wait on you with them --
      I am Notwithstanding my
remissness. which gives you an opportunity of
exercising towards me your Charity & beneVolence
very Sincerely yours.    Charles Francis Greville


Miss Hamilton
Clarges Street
Piccadilly
Greville London




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 1. This annotation appears to the left of the dateline.
 2. Signature to authorise free frank.
 3. Free frank stamp, in red ink.
 4. This annotation is written vertically to the left of the address.
 5. Partial Bishop mark for June, in black ink.
 6. Postmark '[Newb]ury' in black ink, name partially illegible.

Metadata

Library References

Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Sir William Hamilton to Mary Hamilton with a note from Charles Francis Greville to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/4/18

Correspondence Details

Sender: Sir William Hamilton

Place sent: Newbury

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: London

Date sent: 8 June 1784

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Sir William Hamilton to Mary Hamilton. He had intended to visit his niece yesterday but was unable. His ship goes to Naples before he returns to London and he had to prepare his heavy baggage for it before he left London.
    Hamilton is to visit Wales and Scotland with Charles Greville and will return to London in August. He intends to spend three weeks in London before he leaves for Naples.
    Cipriani [Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), decorative painter and draughtsman] has sent Sir William two drawings of the Vase which he describes as ‘exquisite’ and has told him that the ‘whole will be finished in a week’. He will ask Ciprinai to deliver the Vase to her so ‘she can convey it secretly to the Duchess’. The Queen also wishes to see it and Cipriani is to take it to her. He asks that she let him know when the Duchess has it as he will be uneasy about it until he hears.
    At the bottom of the sheet is a note from Charles Greville to Mary Hamilton.
    Dated at Newberry.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 341 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: Tino Oudesluijs, editorial team (completed 27 July 2020)

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: 19 September 2023

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