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Letter from John Farhill to Mary Hamilton

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                                                         1st. July 1782

My dear Miʃs Hamilton

      I flatter'd myself that I
shou'd have had the pleasure of seeing
you last week at Kew; I am now
mortified to hear that the Princeʃses
are to come here no more, but since
in this Family people are apt to
consider a thing as fix'd if it happens
once or twice, I do not despair. I
am myself very far from well, & Mr
Fisher's absence at this time I
felel very sensibly. I saw Mrs Tufnell
last week, who desird to be rememberd


to you, she went to Camp on Thursday
with her whole Family, where I
mean to pay her a visit if Prince
Edward shou'd go for two or three
days to Windsor. I shoud very soon
get better if I cou'd take the
Bark[1] but I am prevented by a
constant Fever, which affects me
dreadfully, altho on the whole I
think I am stronger than when I
first came into the Country. I
see no reason why I shoud not
take a Walk on the Terrace at
Windsor some Sunday Evening,
I have really a Curiosity to do so,


and it does not strike me as an
improper thing, but I shall stay
till I see you, when if you put
in a veto I must content myself
with Richmond Gardens. I beg
respectfully to be remember'd to
Princeʃses Elizabeth & Sophia & to
Prince Octavius. God bleʃs you
Adieu & believe me ever
      most sincerely yrs
                             John Farhill

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Notes


 1. Cinchona bark, also known 'Jesuit's bark', was widely used as a remedy for various ailments.

Normalised Text


                                                         1st. July 1782

My dear Miss Hamilton

      I flattered myself that I
should have had the pleasure of seeing
you last week at Kew; I am now
mortified to hear that the Princesses
are to come here no more, but since
in this Family people are apt to
consider a thing as fixed if it happens
once or twice, I do not despair. I
am myself very far from well, & Mr
Fisher's absence at this time I
feel very sensibly. I saw Mrs Tufnell
last week, who desired to be remembered


to you, she went to Camp on Thursday
with her whole Family, where I
mean to pay her a visit if Prince
Edward should go for two or three
days to Windsor. I should very soon
get better if I could take the
Bark but I am prevented by a
constant Fever, which affects me
dreadfully, although on the whole I
think I am stronger than when I
first came into the Country. I
see no reason why I should not
take a Walk on the Terrace at
Windsor some Sunday Evening,
I have really a Curiosity to do so,


and it does not strike me as an
improper thing, but I shall stay
till I see you, when if you put
in a veto I must content myself
with Richmond Gardens. I beg
respectfully to be remembered to
Princesses Elizabeth & Sophia & to
Prince Octavius. God bless you
Adieu & believe me ever
      most sincerely yours
                             John Farhill

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 1. Cinchona bark, also known 'Jesuit's bark', was widely used as a remedy for various ailments.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from John Farhill to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/7/4/8

Correspondence Details

Sender: John Farhill

Place sent: Kew (certainty: medium)

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 1 July 1782

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from John Farhill to Mary Hamilton, relating to Farhill's health and his hopes of meeting Hamilton.
    Farhill is mortified to learn that the princesses [and therefore Hamilton] are no longer to visit Kew. He takes comfort in the fact that the Royal Family 'are apt to consider a thing as fixed if it happens once or twice' and so they may begin visiting again.
    He writes that he has been suffering with a fever and believed that he would feel much better if he could take 'the Bark'. He nevertheless feels stronger than when he first came on to the Country and he sees no reason why he 'should not take a walk on the Terrace at Windsor some Sunday Evening'. He continues that he does not see this as an 'improper thing' and that he will 'stay till' he sees Hamilton.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 252 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 23 October 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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