HAM/1/9/83(2)
Draft letter from Mary Hamilton to Lady Louisa Clayton (née Fermor)
Diplomatic Text
My dear Madam -- By return of post I acknowledge the rect of
your Ladyships letter, with one inclosed, which I dare flatter myself will
prove satisfactory respecting yr- request you did me the honor to solicit --
I had heard with Concern of Capt. Clayton's illneʃs & can aʃsure you
I feel a sensible satisfaction in knowg from such undoubted authority
that he is recovering -- I do not say this from the dictates of yt. commonplace
civility, with which we are taught to hold commerce wth- the world, but
from a sincere heartfelt regard & esteem I have for yr- Ladyship wh. makes me
feel interested in whatever nearly concerns your happineʃs --
I can with pleasure answer yr- obliging enquiries
after Mr. Dickenson & our little Darling Louisa -- they are
in health & the latter growing daily more engaging and
endearing to us by the opening of her understanding
& the fair promise of an amiable disposition
Mr. D. presents his respects & I have the honor to be
remain Yr. Ladyships
Affe friend & Servt.
MDickenson
We propose spending some time in London
next spring, when I hope to have the pleasure
of seeing you --
In case your Ladyship should again
have occasion to write to me I will
take ye. Liberty of sendg you my addreʃs
Taxal Chapel le Frith
Derbyshire
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. Lady Clayton's letter, transcribed as HAM/1/9/83(1), occupies an opening page, the left-hand column of this page and a final address page.
Normalised Text
My dear Madam -- By return of post I acknowledge the receipt of
your Ladyships letter, with one enclosed, which I dare flatter myself will
prove satisfactory respecting your request you did me the honour to solicit --
I had heard with Concern of Captain Clayton's illness & can assure you
I feel a sensible satisfaction in knowing from such undoubted authority
that he is recovering -- I do not say this from the dictates of that commonplace
civility, with which we are taught to hold commerce with the world, but
from a sincere heartfelt regard & esteem I have for your Ladyship which makes me
feel interested in whatever nearly concerns your happiness --
I can with pleasure answer your obliging enquiries
after Mr. Dickenson & our little Darling Louisa -- they are
in health & the latter growing daily more engaging and
endearing to us by the opening of her understanding
& the fair promise of an amiable disposition
Mr. Dickenson presents his respects & I have the honour to
remain Your Ladyships
Affectionate friend & Servant
Mary Dickenson
We propose spending some time in London
next spring, when I hope to have the pleasure
of seeing you --
In case your Ladyship should again
have occasion to write to me I will
take the Liberty of sending you my address
Taxal Chapel le Frith
Derbyshire
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: Draft letter from Mary Hamilton to Lady Louisa Clayton (née Fermor)
Shelfmark: HAM/1/9/83(2)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith (certainty: high)
Addressee: Lady Louisa Clayton (née Fermor)
Place received: Harleyford, near Marlow (certainty: medium)
Date sent: between 9 and 16 November 1789
notBefore 9 November 1789 (precision: high)
notAfter 16 November 1789 (precision: medium)
Letter Description
Summary: Draft letter from Mary Hamilton to Lady Louisa Clayton in reply to a letter from Clayton.
The draft is inserted on a blank column of Clayton's letter, which is transcribed as HAM/1/9/83(1).
Length: 1 sheet, 222 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
Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors
Revision date: 23 April 2023