HAM/1/11/31
Letter from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) and a note from William Antrobus to John Dickenson
Diplomatic Text
My Dr: Sir
Lord Cremorne, Myself &
all our House, congratulate you & our
Dr: Friend (& ourselves) most sincerely
on the good News, this Post has brought
us, of her being safely brought to Bed,
& being with the Dr: little Infant in
a good Way: I pray, They may continue
so, & beg I may have a Line soon, as I shall
be anxious to hear how They go on. I must
intreat as an Old Nurse, that She will
keep herself quiet. Our kind Love to her
& pray kiʃs your little Daughter for Me, &
beg your Dear Wife to do the same. Adieu Dr: Sir,
believe me (with sincere Regard) & rejoicing in yr.
present Happineʃs
Your faithful &
much Obliged
PCremorne
I wd: give a good
deal to be able to fly
& just peep at my Dr: Friend, & her little
One -- pray tell her that my Julia
is rather better to Day; In one point, materially[2]
better.
I wrote the Day before yesterday to Dr.
Mrs: Dickinson -- but if She has not
recd. itmy Letter I beg you not to let her have
it, as I think it might make her
low just now -- pray Dr: Sir, let me
have one Line soon.[3]
[4]
M
I too must say, that I most heartily rejoice
with you upon the addition of happineʃs I trust
you will find in the addition to your Family;
& upon the favourable state I hope this will
find Mrs. Dickinson -- Pray give my Love
to her, & tell her, that I long to slobber h[er]
Baby. With the most hearty wishes [for]
her safe & early Recovery, & for every
species of happineʃs you wish for
I remain sincerely
Your's W. Antrobus. --
Mr Dawson begs his best respects, & flatters
himself he shall have the honour of leading
up a Country-Dance, with the amiable Miʃs
Dickinson about this day fourteen years --
Mr. Antrobus 28th Janry
1787[8]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. Parts of the month and day have been rewritten with a darker ink, possibly by John Dickenson.
2. '-lly' crosses the fold of the sheet.
3. This postscript starts to the left of the signature.
4. This column is in the hand of William Antrobus.
5. A large ‘5’ is written above the address, probably indicating postage due.
6. Postmark reading WEYMOUTH just above the first address line.
7. The address appears in the middle of the page written vertically. Below there is a mostly intact seal, in red wax.
8. This appears to the right of the address, written vertically.
Normalised Text
January 28th:
1787
My Dear Sir
Lord Cremorne, Myself &
all our House, congratulate you & our
Dear Friend (& ourselves) most sincerely
on the good News, this Post has brought
us, of her being safely brought to Bed,
& being with the Dear little Infant in
a good Way: I pray, They may continue
so, & beg I may have a Line soon, as I shall
be anxious to hear how They go on. I must
entreat as an Old Nurse, that She will
keep herself quiet. Our kind Love to her
& pray kiss your little Daughter for Me, &
beg your Dear Wife to do the same. Adieu Dear Sir,
believe me (with sincere Regard) & rejoicing in your
present Happiness
Your faithful &
much Obliged
Philadelphia Cremorne
I would give a good
deal to be able to fly
& just peep at my Dear Friend, & her little
One -- pray tell her that my Julia
is rather better to Day; In one point, materially
better.
I wrote the Day before yesterday to Dear
Mrs: Dickinson -- but if She has not
received my Letter I beg you not to let her have
it, as I think it might make her
low just now -- pray Dear Sir, let me
have one Line soon.
I too must say, that I most heartily rejoice
with you upon the addition of happiness I trust
you will find in the addition to your Family;
& upon the favourable state I hope this will
find Mrs. Dickinson -- Pray give my Love
to her, & tell her, that I long to slobber her
Baby. With the most hearty wishes for
her safe & early Recovery, & for every
species of happiness you wish for
I remain sincerely
Your's William Antrobus. --
Mr Dawson begs his best respects, & flatters
himself he shall have the honour of leading
up a Country-Dance, with the amiable Miss
Dickinson about this day fourteen years --
John Dickinson Esqr=
Post House
Bath
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) and a note from William Antrobus to John Dickenson
Shelfmark: HAM/1/11/31
Correspondence Details
Sender: Philadelphia Hannah, Baroness Cremorne Dawson (née Freame)
Place sent: Weymouth
Addressee: John Dickenson
Place received: Bath
Date sent: 28 January 1787
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to John Dickenson. She congratulates him and Mary Hamilton on the birth of their daughter. William Antrobus also writes his congratulations on the same sheet and notes that he longs to 'slobber the baby'.
Dated at Weymouth [Dorset].
Length: 1 sheet, 333 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)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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Revision date: 8 February 2022