Diplomatic Text
15th July 1783
8.
Tho' it is very near Nine o'clock yet I will not
let this Nights post go out without writing to
You My Dear Friend a few lines A vous tranqui-
-liser l'Esprit with infinite satisfaction I contradict
the report raised about the Queen's being very ill
I can aʃsure you that her Majesty appears perfectly
well. she suffers from the extreme heat of the
Weather. but in every other respect I never saw her
better. The Princeʃses are all quite well, your
Dear little Darling is as engaging as ever. I
shall certainly take no Notice (since you desire it) of
having received a Letter from you, nor of your anxiety
about the Queen, tho' I confeʃs I long to do it
all the Ladies are well. Madelle Moula has
been a little indisposed, but is much better at
present. Prince William is not yet set out for Germany
I am sure You would find him improved
Farewell My Dear Friend -- I have only
time to aʃsure you of my unalterable
Affection M. Planta
Queen's Lodge July ye 15th 1783
Miʃs Planta[1]
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Normalised Text
Though it is very near Nine o'clock yet I will not
let this Nights post go out without writing to
You My Dear Friend a few lines A vous tranquiliser
l'Esprit with infinite satisfaction I contradict
the report raised about the Queen's being very ill
I can assure you that her Majesty appears perfectly
well. she suffers from the extreme heat of the
Weather. but in every other respect I never saw her
better. The Princesses are all quite well, your
Dear little Darling is as engaging as ever. I
shall certainly take no Notice (since you desire it) of
having received a Letter from you, nor of your anxiety
about the Queen, though I confess I long to do it
all the Ladies are well. Mademoiselle Moula has
been a little indisposed, but is much better at
present. Prince William is not yet set out for Germany
I am sure You would find him improved
Farewell My Dear Friend -- I have only
time to assure you of my unalterable
Affection Margaret Planta
Queen's Lodge July the 15th
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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 Margaret Planta to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/7/10/8
Correspondence Details
Sender: Margaret Planta
Place sent: Windsor
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 15 July 1783
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Margaret Planta to Mary Hamilton, relating to the Queen's health. Planta contradicts reports that the Queen is ill. She acknowledges that she is suffering from the 'extreme heat of the Weather but in every other respect' Planta has never seen her better. She reports that the princesses are all well and that Prince William has not yet left for Germany and that she is sure that Hamilton 'would find him improved'.
Dated at the Queen's Lodge, [Windsor].
Length: 1 sheet, 178 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: 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: Victor Wenger, BA student, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (submitted 30 August 2022)
Transliterator: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 21 November 2022)
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 December 2022