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HAM/1/7/12/12

Note from Mrs Catherine Walkinshaw to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


12

My Dear Miʃs Hamilton
Nothing but the badneʃs of the weather and the uncertainty of what
time in the morning you are to be met with at home, has prevented
my haveing waited of you Since I have been in town, let me know
and I will call of you Soon, and hope nothing will prevent my haveing
that pleasure. the 25th, as I am perfectly sure you dont mean any
thing unpolite to any body, makes me out of friendship for you
take the liberty just to give you, a little hint, that mrs Cherteris[1]
thinks it od you send her a Card without inviting her Husband,[2]
you Can easyly Send him one, and let the Servant say it was a
mistake its not being Sent Sooner, I hope you will take this as I mean
it kind to you, and beleive me very Sincerly Dear madam
                                                         your much obliged Servant
                                                         Cath Walkinshaw
maddox Street Tuesday 19th Febry 1782[3]

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Notes


 1. This is probably Susan Charteris (née Tracy-Keck) (1746-1835), daughter of Anthony Tracy-Keck and Lady Susan Hamilton, who married Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho (MP for Haddington Burghs between 1780 and 1787) on 18 July 1771.
 2. Probably Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho (MP for Haddington Burghs between 1780 and 1787).
 3. The dateline appears to the left of the salutation.

Normalised Text



My Dear Miss Hamilton
Nothing but the badness of the weather and the uncertainty of what
time in the morning you are to be met with at home, has prevented
my having waited of you Since I have been in town, let me know
and I will call of you Soon, and hope nothing will prevent my having
that pleasure. the 25th, as I am perfectly sure you don't mean any
thing unpolite to any body, makes me out of friendship for you
take the liberty just to give you, a little hint, that mrs Cherteris
thinks it odd you send her a Card without inviting her Husband,
you Can easily Send him one, and let the Servant say it was a
mistake its not being Sent Sooner, I hope you will take this as I mean
it kind to you, and believe me very Sincerely Dear madam
                                                         your much obliged Servant
                                                         Catherine Walkinshaw
maddox Street Tuesday 19th

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 1. This is probably Susan Charteris (née Tracy-Keck) (1746-1835), daughter of Anthony Tracy-Keck and Lady Susan Hamilton, who married Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho (MP for Haddington Burghs between 1780 and 1787) on 18 July 1771.
 2. Probably Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho (MP for Haddington Burghs between 1780 and 1787).
 3. The dateline appears to the left of the salutation.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Note from Mrs Catherine Walkinshaw to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/7/12/12

Correspondence Details

Sender: Catherine Walkinshaw

Place sent: London

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 7 February 1782

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Catherine Walkinshaw to Mary Hamilton. She intends to wait on Hamilton shortly. Walkinshaw also warns her that a Mrs Cherteris thinks it is strange that Hamilton has sent her her card without inviting her husband. She advises that Hamilton could easily send him one and have her servant say it was mistakenly not sent sooner. Walkinshaw hopes that she will take this suggestion 'as I mean it kind to you'.
    Dated at Maddox Street [London].
    Original reference No. 12.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 158 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: Tino Oudesluijs, editorial team (completed 3 December 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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