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11.
Bedford Row Augst: 14th: 1801 11▼
It is such a time my dearest Mrs: Dickenson11
since I have written to you or to dear Louisa
that I feel quite ashamed of taking up my
pen now & writing to you on such a very
shabby piece of paper but I cannot now get
any other & I had rather write you a few
lines nowthis day than delay it any longer: I do not
know whether Mary has written to you lately but
I hope she has. I rec'd a most kind & affecte.
Letter from Mr. D. when I was last at
Bromley & I am truly obliged to you for
your kind invitation to Leighton Hse
for a day or two. I need not say how very
very happy I shou'd be to accept it & but
it must much depend upon the time
Mr: W:en has from home. I hope we shall
visit you in our way down: to morrow the 15th:
is the day fixed for my marriage. & it is one
that I have at present every reason to believe
I shall ever remember with pleasure but I
think it such an awful one that I cannot help
feeling very anxious & uncomfortable to day. I
hope indeed am certain that I have your good
wishes: indeed my dear Mrs: Dickenson I shall
ever most gratefully remember the many
kindneʃses I have received from you & Mr: D.
pray give my best to him & dear Louisa: I
quite long to see her & believe me ever my dear
Mrs: Dickenson most affecte. & sincerely
Katherine Jackson
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Fanny desires her kind love & Mr. Warren begs I will
remember him to you & to Mr. D.. I leave Bedford
Row this evening: tomorrow we go to Trowbridge
for a short time & I hope shall not be disappointed
in the wish I have formed of finding a Letter from
some one of yr: family when I return to Bromley
tho' I think I hardly merit it:
I shall write soon again to Louisa.
You will easily [imag]ine the hurry
I am in & there[fore] I hope it is[1]
needleʃs to make any apology for [suc]h a scrawl
Mrs. Kinderley's kind Co[m]pts. & my love to Mrs.
Morriʃon.[2]
[3]
Mrs: Dickenson
Leighton House
Leighton Buzzard
Beds.
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Notes
1. This section (5 lines) is written vertically along the right margin of p.2.
2. This section (3 lines) is written vertically along the right margin of p.1, across the earlier text of the letter.
3. Bishop mark in black ink for 14 August 1801, reading ‘AU 14 B 801’.
4. The address is crossed with a ‘6’ to indicate postage due.
Normalised Text
Bedford Row August 14th: 1801 ▼
It is such a time my dearest Mrs: Dickenson
since I have written to you or to dear Louisa
that I feel quite ashamed of taking up my
pen now & writing to you on such a very
shabby piece of paper but I cannot now get
any other & I had rather write you a few
lines this day than delay it any longer: I do not
know whether Mary has written to you lately but
I hope she has. I received a most kind & affectionate
Letter from Mr. Dickenson when I was last at
Bromley & I am truly obliged to you for
your kind invitation to Leighton House
for a day or two. I need not say how
very happy I should be to accept it but
it must much depend upon the time
Mr: Warren has from home. I hope we shall
visit you in our way down: to morrow the 15th:
is the day fixed for my marriage. & it is one
that I have at present every reason to believe
I shall ever remember with pleasure but I
think it such an awful one that I cannot help
feeling very anxious & uncomfortable to day. I
hope indeed am certain that I have your good
wishes: indeed my dear Mrs: Dickenson I shall
ever most gratefully remember the many
kindnesses I have received from you & Mr: Dickenson
pray give my best to him & dear Louisa: I
quite long to see her & believe me ever my dear
Mrs: Dickenson most affectionate & sincerely
Katherine Jackson
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▼
Fanny desires her kind love & Mr. Warren begs I will
remember him to you & to Mr. Dickenson. I leave Bedford
Row this evening: tomorrow we go to Trowbridge
for a short time & I hope shall not be disappointed
in the wish I have formed of finding a Letter from
some one of your family when I return to Bromley
though I think I hardly merit it:
I shall write soon again to Louisa.
You will easily imagine the hurry
I am in & therefore I hope it is
needless to make any apology for such a scrawl
Mrs. Kinderley's kind Compliments & my love to Mrs.
Morrison.
Mrs: Dickenson
Leighton House
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
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Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Katherine Jackson to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/10/2/10
Correspondence Details
Sender: Katherine Warren (née Jackson)
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Leighton Buzzard
Date sent: 14 August 1801
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Katherine Jackson to Mary Hamilton, concerning an invitation
from Hamilton to visit her at Leighton and on her upcoming marriage.
Dated at Bedford Row [London].
Original reference No. 11.
Length: 1 sheet, 387 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.
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