Diplomatic Text
Dear Mrs Dickenson
I received your last letter with much plea=
sure, and was very happy to find it was only
engagements that had prevented my hearing
from you sooner. As you have so much to com-
municate I hope it will not be long before I am
indulged with a large sheet of paper, well filled,
by yourself and dear Louisa. Pray remember
me kindly to Mrs de' Salis, and thank her for
her intention of writing to me and pray tell her I am
very sorry she had not her spectacles with her.
I mentioned in my last that Lady Wake had
not called on my Aunt while Katherine was
with her on the Sunday after my Sister left
Bromley Lady and Miʃs Wakes called on purpose
to invite K. and my Aunt to Pheasant Grove
My Aunt Barnard is going to reside in the
Town of Bromley, I belive She has taken the
Lodgings Mrs Harris has just left. Katherine
had a letter from my Aunt Nanny this morn
=ing. Mrs Harris is going to make her a visit for
a few days when Mrs H. takes leave of Brom
ley.
We paʃsed a very agreable day with Mr and Mrs
Kinderley about a week ago, They desired their Compts
to yourself and Mr Dickenson. Yesterday we dined
with Mrs Lowe, who sent her Carriage for us and sent
us home at night. We drink tea with Mrs and
Miʃs Boultons this evening. We also spend the
evening out to morrow. You must have the good=
neʃs to excuse the shortneʃs of this letter, had I any=
thing more to say I would, but I sincerely hope you will not
follow my example, Mrs Bates desires her Compli=
ments, my Sisters join in kind love to yourself Mr
D and Louisa,
Believe me dear Mrs Dickenson
Yrs affecly M. J. Jackson
Pray give my best love to Mr D. Louisa, Mrs
& Mrs Morrison, remember me kindly to all
Enquirers
2:7:4
4:2
2:11..6[1][2]
4:19:3
1:1:0
6:0:3[3]
Owe Miss Hoyd
£ 0:6:2[5]
[6]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. This annotation concerns the adding up of various numbers, which seem to represent pounds, shilling and pence, and is written vertically at the top left of the page.
2. Remains of a stamp, in red ink, indicating the time (possibly 9 o'clock) and the date (19 December). Across it are the remains of another stamp, in black ink.
3. This annotation concerns the adding up of various numbers, which seem to represent pounds, shillings and pence, and is written vertically at the top centre of the page.
4. Remains of a stamp, reading 'Penny Post Not Paid'.
5. This annotation is written vertically at the bottom of the page.
6. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
Normalised Text
Dear Mrs Dickenson
I received your last letter with much pleasure
, and was very happy to find it was only
engagements that had prevented my hearing
from you sooner. As you have so much to communicate
I hope it will not be long before I am
indulged with a large sheet of paper, well filled,
by yourself and dear Louisa. Pray remember
me kindly to Mrs de' Salis, and thank her for
her intention of writing to me and pray tell her I am
very sorry she had not her spectacles with her.
I mentioned in my last that Lady Wake had
not called on my Aunt while Katherine was
with her on the Sunday after my Sister left
Bromley Lady and Miss Wakes called on purpose
to invite Katherine and my Aunt to Pheasant Grove
My Aunt Barnard is going to reside in the
Town of Bromley, I believe She has taken the
Lodgings Mrs Harris has just left. Katherine
had a letter from my Aunt Nanny this morning
. Mrs Harris is going to make her a visit for
a few days when Mrs Harris takes leave of Bromley
We passed a very agreeable day with Mr and Mrs
Kinderley about a week ago, They desired their Compliments
to yourself and Mr Dickenson. Yesterday we dined
with Mrs Lowe, who sent her Carriage for us and sent
us home at night. We drink tea with Mrs and
Miss Boultons this evening. We also spend the
evening out to morrow. You must have the goodness
to excuse the shortness of this letter, had I anything
more to say I would, but I sincerely hope you will not
follow my example, Mrs Bates desires her Compliments
, my Sisters join in kind love to yourself Mr
Dickenson and Louisa,
Believe me dear Mrs Dickenson
Yours affectionately Mary Johanna Jackson
Pray give my best love to Mr Dickenson Louisa,
& Mrs Morrison, remember me kindly to all
Enquirers
Leighton House
Leighton Buzzard
Single Bedfordshire
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 Mary Jackson to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/10/2/7
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Johanna Jackson
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 17 December 1798
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary J. Jackson to Mary Hamilton, conveying news of her
family. She asks Hamilton to remember her to Mrs De Salis and to tell her
that she is sorry 'that she had not her spectacles with her'. She notes
that Lady Wake and Miss Wake called to invite her aunt to Pleasant Grove.
Her Aunt Basmond is to move to Bromley into lodgings that Mrs Harris has
just left and her Aunt Nanny has just written to Jackson noting that Mrs
Harris will be visiting her for a few days after she leaves Bromley. The
letter continues with news of how Jackson spends her time.
Dated at Cumberland Street [London].
Original reference No. 8.
Length: 1 sheet, 337 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: Tino Oudesluijs, editorial team (completed 23 September 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