Diplomatic Text
Saturday Decr. 13th.
Dear Sir
I have to return you many
thanks for your Obliging present of
a Hare, which We have received
safe -- This open[1] Weather I flatter
myself, leaves your Sports un=
=interrupted, tho' the Country I fear
is become very deep -- This Weather
has also other advantages, as it con=
=tinues an open Season, so far into
Winter, which is a most desireable
benifit, of a Period so preʃsing as
the present --
Mrs. Dickenson & you will be glad to
hear a continuation of the best
Accts: of Lady Mansfield & our Little Boy
She unites with me in kind Wishes to you &
Mrs Dickenson, & Believe me My Dear Sir
Your Very Obedient & Faithful Servt.
Robt. F. Greville
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. ‘Of weather or a season: mild, not sharp; spec. free from frost, snow, and ice’ (OED s.v. open adj. 12a).
Normalised Text
Saturday December 13th.
Dear Sir
I have to return you many
thanks for your Obliging present of
a Hare, which We have received
safe -- This open Weather I flatter
myself, leaves your Sports uninterrupted
, though the Country I fear
is become very deep -- This Weather
has also other advantages, as it continues
an open Season, so far into
Winter, which is a most desirable
benefit, of a Period so pressing as
the present --
Mrs. Dickenson & you will be glad to
hear a continuation of the best
Accounts of Lady Mansfield & our Little Boy
She unites with me in kind Wishes to you &
Mrs Dickenson, & Believe me My Dear Sir
Your Very Obedient & Faithful Servant
Robert Fulke Greville
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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 Robert Fulke Greville to John Dickenson
Shelfmark: HAM/1/5/3/7
Correspondence Details
Sender: Robert Fulke Greville
Place sent: London (certainty: low)
Addressee: John Dickenson
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 13 December 1800
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Robert Fulke Greville to John Dickenson. He thanks Dickenson for his present of a hare and updates him on the health of Lady Mansfield [Louisa Greville, née Cathcart, 2nd Countess of Mansfield (1758-1843), wife and cousin of Robert Fulke Greville and cousin of Mary Hamilton] and his son.
Length: 1 sheet, 122 words
Transliteration Information
Editorial declaration: First edited in the project 'Image to Text' (David Denison & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2013-2019), now incorporated 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).
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Acknowledgements: XML version: Research Assistant funding in 2014/15 and 2015/16 provided by the Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester.
Research assistant: Donald Alasdair Morrison, undergraduate student, University of Manchester
Transliterator: Mariachiara Peroni, undergraduate student, University of Manchester (submitted November 2014)
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