HAM/1/9/83(1)
Letter from Lady Louisa Clayton (née Fermor) to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
Harleyford[1] Novr 9th. 1789
My dear Mrs. Diconson
I know your disposition to oblige
makes an apology for the request I am going to make to
you, almost unneceʃsary. but still I can not intrude on
your time without making a proper excuse for it, & I
trust you will allow the occasion to be one. -- Mr. Gay
a great friend of this family's & who is a man of Family
& some Fortune is going to Naples. & wishes very much
to obtain from some Relation a letter to Sr Wm: Hamilton
that should introduce him to his acquaintance & recom:
mend him to his notice? he has travel'd already a great deal
is not very young, & is a very sensible man & a man of
Curiosity. so that I hope it would be introducing no
disagreable person to Sr. William if I could obtain of
you a letter in his favour. it would very greatly oblige
me. & I hope if it is a troublesome or improper request
you will forgive it. if not I will beg the favour of you
to enclose it for me to Wm. Clayton Esqr Harleyford
Marlow Bucks. when I shall be very happy to hear
that you & your family are well I beg my complimts
to Mr Diconson & hope I shall hear my little names
sake keeps her rosy cheeks & improves in every respect
to your wishes. I have been here a long time in attendance
on George who has had a slow & dangerous illneʃs but
I thank God I may hope he is now recovering from it
I am my dr. Mrs. Diconson with great regard
much yrs. &c&c
Louisa Clayton
[2]
For.
Mrs. Diconson[3]
[4]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. A private estate in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
2. Hamilton's draft reply is transcribed as HAM/1/9/83(2).
3. The direction is written vertically. Part of page 2 shows through where a panel has been cut away.
4. Remains of a red seal.
Normalised Text
Harleyford November 9th. 1789
My dear Mrs. Diconson
I know your disposition to oblige
makes an apology for the request I am going to make to
you, almost unnecessary. but still I can not intrude on
your time without making a proper excuse for it, & I
trust you will allow the occasion to be one. -- Mr. Gay
a great friend of this family's & who is a man of Family
& some Fortune is going to Naples. & wishes very much
to obtain from some Relation a letter to Sir William Hamilton
that should introduce him to his acquaintance & recommend
him to his notice? he has travelled already a great deal
is not very young, & is a very sensible man & a man of
Curiosity. so that I hope it would be introducing no
disagreeable person to Sir William if I could obtain of
you a letter in his favour. it would very greatly oblige
me. & I hope if it is a troublesome or improper request
you will forgive it. if not I will beg the favour of you
to enclose it for me to William Clayton Esqr Harleyford
Marlow Buckinghamshire when I shall be very happy to hear
that you & your family are well I beg my compliments
to Mr Diconson & hope I shall hear my little namesake
keeps her rosy cheeks & improves in every respect
to your wishes. I have been here a long time in attendance
on George who has had a slow & dangerous illness but
I thank God I may hope he is now recovering from it
I am my dear Mrs. Diconson with great regard
much yours &c&c
Louisa Clayton
For.
Mrs. Diconson
quotations, spellings, uncorrected forms, split words, abbreviations, formatting)
Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Lady Louisa Clayton (née Fermor) to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/9/83(1)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Louisa Clayton (née Fermor)
Place sent: Harleyford, near Marlow
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 9 November 1789
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lady Louisa Clayton (see HAM/1/9/108) to Mary Hamilton,
concerning a friend of her family, a Mr Gay, who seeks a letter of
introduction to Hamilton's uncle, Sir William Hamilton.
The sheet also includes a copy of Hamilton's reply, transcribed as HAM/1/9/83(2).
Length: 1 sheet, 286 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 16 March 2021)
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: 23 April 2023