HAM/1/11/23
Note from Philadelphia Dawson, Lady Dartrey (later Cremorne) to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
8th July 1784[2]
My Dr: Miʃs Hamilton
You said that Mrs: Delany designed me
the Honor & Pleasure of a Visit -- I should be so happy
to see her tomorrow Morning -- indeed it is the only
Day I have at Liberty -- do settle it with her, & let me
know -- my Sert:[3] who brings this, can go on to Mrs: Delany
& bring her answer. -- & if She cannot come -- I will send
for you Lord D will call upon you & bring you down --
Adieu Yrs: sincerely
PDartrey
Sunday Morng[4]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. The old reference number is written vertically.
2. Hamilton has completed the date with the wrong month: it should be ‘August’.
3. Hamilton's diary says ‘Richard brought me a Note from Lady Dartrey to St. James's Place’. It is not clear whether this is a ‘Richard’ in Dartrey's employ known to Hamilton, or her own servant Richard (see HAM/2/13 p.24).
4. 8 July in 1784 was a Thursday, but 8 August was a Sunday. Hamilton mentions this message in her diary for 8 August 1784 (see HAM/2/13 p.24) and remarks that neither she nor Mrs Delany can accept the invitation.
5. Present-day Clarges Street in Westminster.
6. ‘Dartrey’ appears below the address, written vertically.
Normalised Text
8th
My Dear Miss Hamilton
You said that Mrs: Delany designed me
the Honour & Pleasure of a Visit -- I should be so happy
to see her tomorrow Morning -- indeed it is the only
Day I have at Liberty -- do settle it with her, & let me
know -- my Servant who brings this, can go on to Mrs: Delany
& bring her answer. -- & if She cannot come --
Lord Dartrey will call upon you & bring you down --
Adieu Yours sincerely
Philadelphia Dartrey
Sunday Morning
Clargis Street
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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 Philadelphia Dawson, Lady Dartrey (later Cremorne) to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/11/23
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Dartrey Philadelphia Hannah Dawson (née Freame)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent:
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Lady Dartrey to Mary Hamilton. She informs Hamilton that Mrs Delany has expressed a wish to visit Dartrey. She will be free the following morning. Her servant will go to Mrs Delany's for an answer, and if she is unable to come, Lord Dartrey will call upon Hamilton and bring her to her house. [Delany would take Hamilton if she is to visit.]
The month has been wrongly entered by Hamilton as July rather than August 1784.
Length: 1 sheet, 89 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 March 2020)
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Revision date: 8 August 2025