Diplomatic Text
Audley End Feby 24th.
1801
My dear Mrs Dickenson.
I leave this delightful place & still more delightful.
family to morrow. & th'o I shall go into a delightful
place & a delightful society -- yet these have been so good
to me & mine that I cannot help feeling a heavy Heart.
I trouble you with this to send you my forward direction --
at the Honble John Peachy's Newsells.[1] Royston --
a Letter from Lord Braybrook this morning states that
the King's Cold is so serious that People go to St James's
to Enquire after his Health -- I dread the fatal humour
falling on his Lungs -- What a time for such an Awful
Event -- the real Love & good opinion of his Subjects
towards him keeps them quiet now all their Grievances --
but if a Change was to happen nowat this Crisis -- no one
Can Calculate what might be the Consequences --
I shall send this to my frd to direct to you, I hear
from my Sister of two very kind letters she has received
from you -- at which I did repine -- I cannot describe
how much I feel my self obliged to you for your goodneʃs
in speaking to H Baily -- I wrote her word what I felt
upon the occasion. that as he cannot write -- my Letter
must have been answer'd by Young. or Woodacre & then
the whole village wd have been Acquainted with the
Contents -- it was kind in you -- at no time shall I ever
forget it -- the Clock warns me to get ready for dinner
Love to Mr & Miʃs D: concludes me
Yrs most Affecly
DBloʃset --
London Feby twenty five 1801[2]
Mrs. Dickenson
Leighton House
Leighton Buzzard
Griffin Braybrooke
[3]
Mrs. Dickenson
Leighton House
Leighton Buzzard[4]
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Notes
1. Newsells Park, Hertfordshire, was the home of the Jennings family; John Peachey had married Hester Elizabeth Jennings in 1784.
2. FREE frank postmark, in red ink, dated 25 February 1801.
3. Seal in red wax.
4. This pencil annotation containing the address (presumably to be copied by Lord Braybrooke, the provider of the free frank) is written upside down and has been erased.
Normalised Text
Audley End February 24th.
My dear Mrs Dickenson.
I leave this delightful place & still more delightful.
family to morrow. & though I shall go into a delightful
place & a delightful society -- yet these have been so good
to me & mine that I cannot help feeling a heavy Heart.
I trouble you with this to send you my forward direction --
at the Honourable John Peachy's Newsells. Royston --
a Letter from Lord Braybrook this morning states that
the King's Cold is so serious that People go to St James's
to Enquire after his Health -- I dread the fatal humour
falling on his Lungs -- What a time for such an Awful
Event -- the real Love & good opinion of his Subjects
towards him keeps them quiet now all their Grievances --
but if a Change was to happen at this Crisis -- no one
Can Calculate what might be the Consequences --
I shall send this to my friend to direct to you, I hear
from my Sister of two very kind letters she has received
from you -- at which I did repine -- I cannot describe
how much I feel my self obliged to you for your goodness
in speaking to Harry Baily -- I wrote her word what I felt
upon the occasion. that as he cannot write -- my Letter
must have been answered by Young. or Woodacre & then
the whole village would have been Acquainted with the
Contents -- it was kind in you -- at no time shall I ever
forget it -- the Clock warns me to get ready for dinner
Love to Mr & Miss Dickenson concludes me
Yours most Affectionately
Dorothy Blosset --
London February twenty five 1801
Mrs. Dickenson
Leighton House
Leighton Buzzard
Griffin Braybrooke
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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 Dorothy Blosset to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/8/2/25
Correspondence Details
Sender: Dorothy Blosset
Place sent: Saffron Walden
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Leighton Buzzard
Date sent: 24 February 1801
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Dorothy Blosset to Mary Hamilton. She writes on the King's
health and on her feeling obliged to Hamilton for her kindness.
Dated at Audley [Essex].
Length: 1 sheet, 285 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).
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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.
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