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Grosvenor Square Decr. 5th.
1800
My Dear Niece
Beleive me my sincere
affection towards you is ever the
same, I did once receive a long
letter from you before We were
driven from Naples, but since
that, I have never had a line from
you, nor ever any mention of
the Cavr. Palombo however I did
not leave Palermo without having
had from Genl. Acton the most
solemn promise that Palombo
shoud have immediately an Employment
at Naples sufficient to give him
& his family a competent
Subsistance
Subsistance -- We once got him from
the generosity of the Queen of Naples
a pecuniary aʃsistance -- you
may be sure that We will not abandon
him & if his busineʃs is not done
already Emma who is in Constant
correspondence with the Queen will
engage Her majesty to induce
Acton to fullfill his promise --
I have so much to say to you &
so little time that let these few
words suffice for the present, untill
we have the happineʃs of meeting --
I can not quit London untill my
own confused affairs are Settled
as yet I am ignorant of what is
to
to become of me, but certainly I do
not wish to return ro Naples at least
in a Public Character -- my Native
air seems to agree with me but
untill my mind is at rest I can
not be quite well -- Emmas kind
love has never faild towards you
& yrs. & believe me you will even
find us the same notwithstanding
strange appearances of neglect
on our Side -- for two years our
Post was never sure & the loʃs
of Letters has been very distreʃsfull
to us -- with our best Compts. to Mr.
D. & all your family I remain yr
most sincere & affectionate uncle
Wm: Hamilton
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Grosvenor Square December 5th.
1800
My Dear Niece
Believe me my sincere
affection towards you is ever the
same, I did once receive a long
letter from you before We were
driven from Naples, but since
that, I have never had a line from
you, nor ever any mention of
the Chevalier Palombo however I did
not leave Palermo without having
had from General Acton the most
solemn promise that Palombo
should have immediately an Employment
at Naples sufficient to give him
& his family a competent
Subsistence -- We once got him from
the generosity of the Queen of Naples
a pecuniary assistance -- you
may be sure that We will not abandon
him & if his business is not done
already Emma who is in Constant
correspondence with the Queen will
engage Her majesty to induce
Acton to fulfil his promise --
I have so much to say to you &
so little time that let these few
words suffice for the present, until
we have the happiness of meeting --
I can not quit London until my
own confused affairs are Settled
as yet I am ignorant of what is
to become of me, but certainly I do
not wish to return ro Naples at least
in a Public Character -- my Native
air seems to agree with me but
until my mind is at rest I can
not be quite well -- Emmas kind
love has never failed towards you
& yours & believe me you will even
find us the same notwithstanding
strange appearances of neglect
on our Side -- for two years our
Post was never sure & the loss
of Letters has been very distressful
to us -- with our best Compliments to Mr.
Dickenson & all your family I remain your
most sincere & affectionate uncle
William Hamilton
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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 Sir William Hamilton to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/4/28
Correspondence Details
Sender: Sir William Hamilton
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 5 December 1800
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Sir William Hamilton to Mary Hamilton. He writes that he is unable to leave London until he has affairs settled [The Hamiltons had to escape Naples after the revolution]. Since he had been driven from Naples he has heard nothing from Hamilton or had any mention of 'Count Palombo' [i.e. Palombi]. He did not leave [ [...] ] without having heard from General Acton [Sir John Francis Edward, 6th Baronet (1736-1811), naval officer and administrator] that Palombo should have immediately on employment at Naples sufficient to give him & his family a competent subsistence'.
Hamilton does not know what is going to become of him and he writes that he does not wish to return to Naples, at least not in a public capacity.
He writes of Emma's love for his niece and her family.
Dated at Grosvenor Square [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 298 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: Christine Wallis, 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