Diplomatic Text
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“My Dr. Mary. You are little acquainted wth. my▼
“heart if you can suppose your letter has ▼not made
“an impreʃsion on my feelings, had you followed
“mythe advice I sent you before Mrs. Horseleys death,
“it wld. have been better for you, & more creditable
“to ye. Bishop, every one knew he was not destitute
“of more suitable comforters & companions than
“a Young woman -- what is past cannot be recalled
“The sooner you quit yr. present abode the easier
“will be my task of stoping ye. tongue of calumny
“As you aʃsure me it is not your intention to
“Marry ye. Bishop. I loved yor. Mother wth. too
“sincere a friendship not to be very much ---
“interested in the welfare & honor of her Daught-
“ters &c&c” 19 Novbr 1805
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. Originally catalogued with HAM/1/10/2/17/1 as part of a single document, HAM/1/10/2/17.
2. The speechmarks and absence of proper closer, as well as the page being cut away both above and below the text, suggest that this is a transcription of Hamilton's letter to Mary Jackson, quoted in, and excerpted from, a later document.
Normalised Text
“My Dear Mary. You are little acquainted with my▼
“heart if you can suppose your letter has ▼not made
“an impression on my feelings, had you followed
“the advice I sent you before Mrs. Horselys death,
“it would have been better for you, & more creditable
“to the Bishop, every one knew he was not destitute
“of more suitable comforters & companions than
“a Young woman -- what is past cannot be recalled
“The sooner you quit your present abode the easier
“will be my task of stopping the tongue of calumny
“As you assure me it is not your intention to
“Marry the Bishop. I loved your Mother with too
“sincere a friendship not to be very much ---
“interested in the welfare & honour of her Daughters
“ &c&c” 19 November 1805
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Mary Hamilton to Mary Jackson
Shelfmark: HAM/1/10/2/17/2
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Johanna Jackson
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 19 November 1805
Letter Description
Summary: A note dated 19 November 1805, written by Hamilton,
in which she refers to Mary J. Jackson's letter to her, noting that she can be
little acquainted with her heart if she believes that her letter did not
make an impression on her feelings. If Jackson had followed the advice
Hamilton had given her before Mrs Horseley's death then it would have
been better for her. That he should have had a more suitable companion
than a young woman. She continues that what has past cannot now be undone
and advises that the sooner that she moves from her 'present abode' the
sooner the gossip will cease as she assumes it is not her 'intention of
marrying a Bishop'. Hamilton ends her letter noting that she loved
Jackson's mother 'w[i]th too sincere a friendship not to be very much
interested in the welfare & honour of her daughter'.
This item was originally catalogued together with HAM/1/10/2/17/1 as HAM/1/10/2/17.
Original reference No. 18.
Length: 1 sheet, 132 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 25 September 2020)
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: 28 April 2023