HAM/1/11/19
Letter from Lady Dartrey (later Lady Cremorne) to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
My Dear Miʃs Hamilton
I am too much obliged and
honored by the Princeʃses gracious Letters, not to take
the first Opportunity of acknowledging them, & I beg
the Scribe their Royal Highneʃses employed, will
present my Answer.
The Princeʃs Royal, will I am sure do me
the Justice to believe, how very much I was mortified
in not having the Honor and Happineʃs of seeing
the Queen at our little Cottage & If Her Majesty should
condescend to come some other time, I hope Your
Royal Highneʃs will be of the Party, & I flatter my=
self my little Julia will not misbehave herself as she did
when she was at Harleyford. I am very grateful
to your Royal Highneʃs for your gracious Expreʃsions
to me & my Children.
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Indeed nothing could be more mortifying than
my not being able to pay my Duty on the King's
Birth Day, when I should have had the Honor of
seeing Princeʃs Augusta in the Drawing Room &
I should have had great pleasure in seeing Your
Royal Highneʃs, & answering all Questions relating
to Madlle: Paris Casaquin, &c. I have not seen her lately
but I believe She is alive, & enjoying the Beautiful
Woods of Sunning Hill. Your Royal Highneʃs is
very gracious in wishing Lord Dartrey had not
parted with Fern Hill -- no One can be more sensible
than I am of your Royal Highneʃses goodneʃs
to me on all occasions. All our Invalids are recovered
& we are no longer thank God, an Hospital. I hope to
be able to pay my duty, at the Drawing Room
next Thursday.
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Miʃs Hamilton
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My Dear Miss Hamilton
I am too much obliged and
honoured by the Princesses gracious Letters, not to take
the first Opportunity of acknowledging them, & I beg
the Scribe their Royal Highnesses employed, will
present my Answer.
The Princess Royal, will I am sure do me
the Justice to believe, how very much I was mortified
in not having the Honour and Happiness of seeing
the Queen at our little Cottage & If Her Majesty should
condescend to come some other time, I hope Your
Royal Highness will be of the Party, & I flatter myself
my little Julia will not misbehave herself as she did
when she was at Harleyford. I am very grateful
to your Royal Highness for your gracious Expressions
to me & my Children.
Indeed nothing could be more mortifying than
my not being able to pay my Duty on the King's
Birth Day, when I should have had the Honour of
seeing Princess Augusta in the Drawing Room &
I should have had great pleasure in seeing Your
Royal Highness, & answering all Questions relating
to Mademoiselle Paris Casaquin, &c. I have not seen her lately
but I believe She is alive, & enjoying the Beautiful
Woods of Sunning Hill. Your Royal Highness is
very gracious in wishing Lord Dartrey had not
parted with Fern Hill -- no One can be more sensible
than I am of your Royal Highnesses goodness
to me on all occasions. All our Invalids are recovered
& we are no longer thank God, an Hospital. I hope to
be able to pay my duty, at the Drawing Room
next Thursday.
Miss Hamilton
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Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Lady Dartrey (later Lady Cremorne) to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/11/19
Correspondence Details
Sender: Philadelphia Hannah, Baroness Cremorne Dawson (née Freame)
Place sent: Chelsea
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 17 June 1782
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lady Dartrey to Mary Hamilton. She acknowledges the letters she has received from the princesses for which she is much obliged. She addresses the Princess Royal directly in an answer which she asks to be presented to them. She is sure the Princess Royal will believe how mortified she is in not having the honour of the Queen visiting her cottage and if she is able to visit another time then she hopes that the Princess Royal will be of the party and she flatters herself that her daughter will not misbehave as she did when she was in Harleyford.
Dartrey writes that nothing could be more distressful for her than not being able to pay her duty on the King's birthday when she would have been able to see Princess Augusta in the Drawing Room and the pleasure of seeing the Princess Royal herself. She ends her letter by noting that all her invalids are well and her house is no longer a hospital and that she will pay her duty at the Drawing Room next Thursday.
Dated at Chelsea.
Original reference No. 18.
Length: 1 sheet, 277 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).
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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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed January 2020)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
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Revision date: 2 November 2021