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HAM/1/11/28

Note from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to Mary Hamilton

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Letters written to +
+Mrs. Newton[1]
Lady Rothes
Mrs- Turton
Mrs- Fielding
Dʃs Athol
Mrs. Walsingham
Mrs. Dickenson
Walkinskaw
Miʃs Murray
Goldsworthy
Monla
Md la Fête
Planta
Bewley
[2]Lady DartreyCremorne[3]
Wake
Stormont
Mr Hamilton
Mʃs Do[4]
Master Do[5]
Mrs. Carter
—— Allison
—— Jackson
Miʃs More
Burney
Palmer
Clarke
Asgill
Ldy- Frances Harpur
Herries
Mrs Vesey
Rogers
Miʃs Thunby
Gunning
Mrs: Delany
Sr Wm Hamilton
Mr Smelt
Walpole
Miʃs Litchfield
Lord Napier
Mrs.. Garrick
Mr: Wake &c

To
Mrs: Dickinson
Taxal[6]
[7]


25)

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Stan. St
Augt: 18th:
1785

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My Dr: Friend

      I have only Time to say
thank you from my Heart, for
allowing me to see the delightful
Letter, you wrote to Miʃs Clarke. indeed
it gave me an unspeakable Pleas=
=sure. Sincerely do I rejoice in yr:
happineʃs. I hope you will make I was married ye. 13th- of
June -- )[9] Mr: D. as
happy as he makes you.
      I have the Comfort of
telling you that Dr: Mrs: Handcock
is recovering fast -- I have just
left her -- & she was surprisingly
well. I know yr: good Fd: Miʃs G C.
sends you particulars, & I really
have not time. We go on Sat. next
to Tunbridge. I am now going back
to Chelsea where Mr: Burrows & Mrs: Daw
=son are waiting for me, so Adieu my Dr
      & believe me Yrs: Affly PCremorne

We are all well -- I am much
      better, than
      when we parted.[10]

my best Compts: to
 ------------  your best
      Friend[11]

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Notes


 1. The list of names is written perpendicular and across two separate columns on the left-hand side of the page.
 2. The list of names continues in a second column to the right.
 3. Thomas Dawson (Lord Dartrey) had been promoted to Viscount Cremorne on 19 June 1785. This revealing slip suggests that Mary Hamilton wrote this list not long after receipt of the letter in August of that year.
 4. That is, Hamilton.
 5. That is, Hamilton.
 6. The address appears in the middle of the left-hand side of the page, just below the first column of names, and is written perpendicular on the right-hand side of the page.
 7. Remains of a seal, in red wax. A picture of a woman wearing a hat has been drawn around the remains of the seal.
 8. This interpolation appears to the left of Lady Cremorne's date and underneath the first postscript.
 9. Moved interpolation here from left of the date at top of page, the intended position marked by paired crosses.
 10. This postscript appears at the top of the page, above the salutation.
 11. This postscript appears at the top of the left-hand side of the left column, upside down. A section has been cut away containing a personal name.

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To
Mrs: Dickinson
Taxal




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Stanhope Street
August 18th:
1785

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My Dear Friend

      I have only Time to say
thank you from my Heart, for
allowing me to see the delightful
Letter, you wrote to Miss Clarke. indeed
it gave me an unspeakable Pleasure
. Sincerely do I rejoice in your
happiness. I hope you will make Mr: Dickenson as
happy as he makes you.
      I have the Comfort of
telling you that Dear Mrs: Handcock
is recovering fast -- I have just
left her -- & she was surprisingly
well. I know your good Friend Miss G C.
sends you particulars, & I really
have not time. We go on Saturday next
to Tunbridge. I am now going back
to Chelsea where Mr: Burrows & Mrs: Dawson
 are waiting for me, so Adieu my Dear
      & believe me Yours Affectionately Philadelphia Cremorne

We are all well -- I am much
      better, than
      when we parted.

my best Compliments to
your best
      Friend

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 1. The list of names is written perpendicular and across two separate columns on the left-hand side of the page.
 2. The list of names continues in a second column to the right.
 3. Thomas Dawson (Lord Dartrey) had been promoted to Viscount Cremorne on 19 June 1785. This revealing slip suggests that Mary Hamilton wrote this list not long after receipt of the letter in August of that year.
 4. That is, Hamilton.
 5. That is, Hamilton.
 6. The address appears in the middle of the left-hand side of the page, just below the first column of names, and is written perpendicular on the right-hand side of the page.
 7. Remains of a seal, in red wax. A picture of a woman wearing a hat has been drawn around the remains of the seal.
 8. This interpolation appears to the left of Lady Cremorne's date and underneath the first postscript.
 9. Moved interpolation here from left of the date at top of page, the intended position marked by paired crosses.
 10. This postscript appears at the top of the page, above the salutation.
 11. This postscript appears at the top of the left-hand side of the left column, upside down. A section has been cut away containing a personal name.

Metadata

Library References

Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Note from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/11/28

Correspondence Details

Sender: Philadelphia Hannah, Baroness Cremorne Dawson (née Freame)

Place sent: London

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 18 August 1785

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to Mary Hamilton. She congratulates Hamilton on her marriage and hopes that she will make Dickenson as happy as he makes her.
    Listed on the back of the sheet are names of people with 'Letters written to' next to it. There is also a sketched portrait of a man.
    Dated at Stanhope Street [London].
    Original reference No. 25.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 158 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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed March 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: 2 November 2021

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