Diplomatic Text
My dear Miʃs Hamilton
I had the pleasure of meeting Sir
William Hamilton last Night at
Lady Amhersts, & there he told me
he cd give us the pleasure of his
company next Friday Evening -- I therefore
trust you will be so good as to meet
him. you must not pretend to be Engag'd,
for I will not allow of yr absence --
I have rel'd sadly since I have seen you.
& have heated my self so that I cannot
Sleep. Therefore I am at home this
Evening, & have sent my Mother & Sister
such a Goose Chase, & here they are
return'd very much out of humour. But
such a mistake have I made about
an Engagement for this evening --
I am also in a pack of troubles, for I last
Night found a Note from Mrs. Beauvoir
I wish Mrs. Chapone had not repeated
my vindication -- it was I am aʃsur'd
perfectly well meant but I am puzzled
to a degree how to answer her.
do not mention this Anecdote to Mrs
Carter, for I intend to show her the
Epistle before I answer it -- for I hate
anything like duplicity -- I really think
the poor Soul is very Singular -- Adieu
my dear Miʃs Hamilton believe me
yr most Affect. DBloʃset.
Dover St. Saturday Evening --
15th. May 1784
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Normalised Text
My dear Miss Hamilton
I had the pleasure of meeting Sir
William Hamilton last Night at
Lady Amhersts, & there he told me
he could give us the pleasure of his
company next Friday Evening -- I therefore
trust you will be so good as to meet
him. you must not pretend to be Engaged,
for I will not allow of your absence --
I have relapsed sadly since I have seen you.
& have heated my self so that I cannot
Sleep. Therefore I am at home this
Evening, & have sent my Mother & Sister
such a Goose Chase, & here they are
returned very much out of humour. But
such a mistake have I made about
an Engagement for this evening --
I am also in a pack of troubles, for I last
Night found a Note from Mrs. Beauvoir
I wish Mrs. Chapone had not repeated
my vindication -- it was I am assured
perfectly well meant but I am puzzled
to a degree how to answer her.
do not mention this Anecdote to Mrs
Carter, for I intend to show her the
Epistle before I answer it -- for I hate
anything like duplicity -- I really think
the poor Soul is very Singular -- Adieu
my dear Miss Hamilton believe me
your most Affectionate Dorothy Blosset.
Dover Street Saturday Evening --
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Dorothy Blosset to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/8/2/5
Correspondence Details
Sender: Dorothy Blosset
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 15 May 1784
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Dorothy Blosset to Mary Hamilton, relating to Blosset's meeting
Hamilton's uncle, Sir William Hamilton (see HAM/1/4/4). She met Sir
William at Lady Amherst's the previous night and that he told her that
he will 'give us the pleasure of his company next Friday Evening'.
Dated at Dover Street [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 219 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 6 November 2020)
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