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HAM/1/8/1/1

Letter from Mrs Penelope Iremonger (née Morgan) to Mary Hamilton

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                             Wherwell Andover
                                                         Sepbr 18th 1788
My dear Madam/
      This mornings post brought
me the favor of your very obliging letter;
and Mr. Iremonger charges me to expreʃs
along wth my own,,     His sense of Yrs.. &
Mr. Dickinsons goodneʃs;     & to aʃsure you both,
that we shall be happy to see you here
with your sweet little Girl whose company
will be an additional pleasure.
I am indeed very glad to hear a good acct
of Lord & Lady Cremorne; & that the air
& water of Kedleston have afforded that
releif & benefitt they so much wanted.
poor Mrs- Veseys state is shocking in the extreem;



and Mrs.. Handcocks situation most deplorable;
I hope she will have recourse to the expedience
of having proper attendants on her Unhappy
friend before any Mischief happens, for
want of such    when ever it pleases God to
Release Mrs.. Vesey, it will be to a most Mercyfull
dispensation on all accts. certainly.
but to leave this sad subject, for the very
pleasing one my dear Madam, of our obligations
to you & Mr. Dickenson for your flattering &
kind compliance wth our request;     we shall
hope for the pleasure of seeing you all here
the 2d week in Octbr:, when you will find such
accomodation as a very old house can afford,,
but a most cordial reception from all under this roof;



if it will not be very troublesome, I should be
thankfull for a line as soon as you can fix the
day for coming, & to know whether you come
By Andover, or Sutton, that we might send
horses to meet you at either of those places:
Mr. Iremongers best respects attend you & Mr. Dickenson
to whom I beg to be remember'd, & that you
will beleive me My dear Madam
                             with unfeign'd regard & esteem
                                Your much obliged & affecte
                                         Servant
                                                         Penelope Iremonger
you will find the
Bishop of St Asaph &
his family in our near neighbourhood; I am sure they
will rejoice to hear of your coming; as Catherine
does most particularly in ye expectation of seeing
Miʃs Dyour dear Daughter to whom she will be very tender, I can answer;




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[2]

                             To[3][4]
                               Mrs.. Dickenson
                                at J. Jackson's Esq
                                  No. 27 Old Burlington Street
                                            London

Mrs: Iremonger
Septr. 18- 1788[5]

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Notes


 1. Seal, in black wax.
 2. Bishop mark in black ink, dated 19 September 1788.
 3. A large manuscript number 4 in black ink has been written across the address, denoting postage due.
 4. Possible remains of a postage mark or mileage mark in faint black ink.
 5. This annotation is written vertically in the right-hand margin.

Normalised Text


                             Wherwell Andover
                                                         September 18th 1788
My dear Madam/
      This mornings post brought
me the favour of your very obliging letter;
and Mr. Iremonger charges me to express
along with my own,,     His sense of Yours &
Mr. Dickinsons goodness;     & to assure you both,
that we shall be happy to see you here
with your sweet little Girl whose company
will be an additional pleasure.
I am indeed very glad to hear a good account
of Lord & Lady Cremorne; & that the air
& water of Kedleston have afforded that
relief & benefit they so much wanted.
poor Mrs- Veseys state is shocking in the extreme;



and Mrs.. Handcocks situation most deplorable;
I hope she will have recourse to the expedience
of having proper attendants on her Unhappy
friend before any Mischief happens, for
want of such    when ever it pleases God to
Release Mrs.. Vesey, it will be to a most Merciful
dispensation on all accounts certainly.
but to leave this sad subject, for the very
pleasing one my dear Madam, of our obligations
to you & Mr. Dickenson for your flattering &
kind compliance with our request;     we shall
hope for the pleasure of seeing you all here
the 2d week in October, when you will find such
accommodation as a very old house can afford,,
but a most cordial reception from all under this roof;



if it will not be very troublesome, I should be
thankful for a line as soon as you can fix the
day for coming, & to know whether you come
By Andover, or Sutton, that we might send
horses to meet you at either of those places:
Mr. Iremongers best respects attend you & Mr. Dickenson
to whom I beg to be remembered, & that you
will believe me My dear Madam
                             with unfeigned regard & esteem
                                Your much obliged & affecte
                                         Servant
                                                         Penelope Iremonger
you will find the
Bishop of St Asaph &
his family in our near neighbourhood; I am sure they
will rejoice to hear of your coming; as Catherine
does most particularly in the expectation of seeing
your dear Daughter to whom she will be very tender, I can answer;







                             To
                               Mrs.. Dickenson
                                at J. Jackson's Esq
                                  No. 27 Old Burlington Street
                                            London

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 1. Seal, in black wax.
 2. Bishop mark in black ink, dated 19 September 1788.
 3. A large manuscript number 4 in black ink has been written across the address, denoting postage due.
 4. Possible remains of a postage mark or mileage mark in faint black ink.
 5. This annotation is written vertically in the right-hand margin.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Mrs Penelope Iremonger (née Morgan) to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/8/1/1

Correspondence Details

Sender: formerly Dunbar), Penelope Iremonger (née Morgan

Place sent: Wherwell

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: London

Date sent: 18 September 1788

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Mrs Penelope Iremonger to Mary Hamilton. She writes that she has received Hamilton’s own letter and that she and her husband acknowledges Hamilton’s and John Dickenson’s ‘goodness’ and assures her that they will be glad to see her and that her daughter’s company ‘will be an additional pleasure’. She hopes to see them the second week in October ‘where you will find such accommodation as a very old house can afford but a most cordial reception from all under this roof’. She asks her to write to her with the exact day and whether they are come by way of the ‘address in Sutton’ so that they can send horses to meet them. The Bishop of St Asaph and his family are in the neighbourhood and will ‘rejoice’ to see Hamilton.
    The letter continues on Lord and Lady Cremorne (HAM/1/11). Iremonger is happy to hear that Lady and Lord Cremorne are well and have benefited from the air and the waters of Kedleston [in Derbyshire]. Iremonger writes on Mrs Vesey (HAM/1/6/2) and on other acquaintances.
    Dated at Wherwell [Andover].
   

Length: 1 sheet, 376 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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 6 November 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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