Single Letter

HAM/1/4/7/14

Letter from Lady Catherine Hamilton (née Barlow) to Mrs Mary Catherine Hamilton (née Dufresne)

Diplomatic Text

[1]
                                                         Typed        2
                             1st Lady Hamilton to
                             her sister in law Charles Hamilton
                             wife

                                                         probably 1764[2]
My Dr Sister


      I am much concern'd to find
that Mr Hamilton has had a return of his
Gout -- but as he mention'd in his last Letter
that he was better I hope his Complaints
are by this time entirely remov'd -- I can:
not
tell you how much I am Grieved that
we are to lose you both out of our
Neighbourhood this Winter -- it will be
a very great loʃs to me in particular
& I do not know how to reconcile My self
to it at all -- pray tell Mr Hamilton that
I wish we were all setting out for Naples
together -- but Alas! -- I fear that Scheme is a
little uponin the Castle Building System --



I flatter myself that we shall See you before
you set out as I imagine it will not be long
before we setleave this place -- but I shall
be very glad to hear how you both do before
we set outgo if it is but one line, for I am
truly anxious about every thing that Concer[ns]
you & Mr Hamilton & wantish to hear that
his Gout has quite left him -- I return My
thanks to him & you for two Birds which
Dolly has wrote me word she has receiv'd
I shall Value them Much -- My Love Attends
Mr Hamilton & Miʃs Hamilton I am
      My Dr Sister most Affecly & Sincerely
                             Yrs   CHamilton
I say nothing for Mr H for he is gone from home
for a few days -- Saturday

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Notes


 1. This letter appears in Anson & Anson (1925: 3).
 2. These notes appear to the right of the salutation.

Normalised Text


                                                                
                            
                                                        
My Dear Sister


      I am much concerned to find
that Mr Hamilton has had a return of his
Gout -- but as he mentioned in his last Letter
that he was better I hope his Complaints
are by this time entirely removed -- I cannot
tell you how much I am Grieved that
we are to lose you both out of our
Neighbourhood this Winter -- it will be
a very great loss to me in particular
& I do not know how to reconcile My self
to it at all -- pray tell Mr Hamilton that
I wish we were all setting out for Naples
together -- but Alas! -- I fear that Scheme is a
little in the Castle Building System --



I flatter myself that we shall See you before
you set out as I imagine it will not be long
before we leave this place -- but I shall
be very glad to hear how you both do before
we go if it is but one line, for I am
truly anxious about every thing that Concerns
you & Mr Hamilton & wish to hear that
his Gout has quite left him -- I return My
thanks to him & you for two Birds which
Dolly has written me word she has received
I shall Value them Much -- My Love Attends
Mr Hamilton & Miss Hamilton I am
      My Dear Sister most Affectionately & Sincerely
                             Yours   Catherine Hamilton
I say nothing for Mr Hamilton for he is gone from home
for a few days -- Saturday

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 1. This letter appears in Anson & Anson (1925: 3).
 2. These notes appear to the right of the salutation.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Lady Catherine Hamilton (née Barlow) to Mrs Mary Catherine Hamilton (née Dufresne)

Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/7/14

Correspondence Details

Sender: Lady Catherine Hamilton (née Barlow)

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Catherine Hamilton (née Dufresne)

Place received: unknown

Date sent: not after 1778
notAfter 1778 (precision: high)

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Lady William Hamilton to Mrs Charles Hamilton. She is concerned to hear that her husband’s gout had returned and hopes that he will recover fully soon. She is sorry to hear that she will soon 'lose you both out of our neighbourhood this Winter' and notes that it will be a 'great loss to me in particular, & I do not know how to reconcile my self to it'. She wishes that they would all go to Naples together but such a scheme she fears is a 'little in the Castle Building System'. She hopes to see them before they leave and writes of her interest in everything they do.
    Original reference No. 2.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 250 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 5 August 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: 2 November 2021

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