HAM/1/11/39

Note from Philadelphia Dawson, Lady Dartrey (later Cremorne) to Mary Hamilton

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Diplomatic Text

33^[1]

If I were well enough I would come to
you directly my D^r: M^rs: D. for I am
very anxious about y^r: sweet little
Child. I write this tonight that I may
have an early account of her tomorrow
Morning, for I shall long to know how
She paʃses the Night. Is there any Vegitable
from Chelsea that you would wish me to
send? -- M^r: Dickinson forbid Brocoli or you s^d:
have had it. If there is any thing in w^h: I can aʃsist
you about the D^r: Child do indulge me by letting me
                                            know    y^rs: ever      PC
      Wednesday Night.^[2]
24^th April
      1788

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Notes

1. This annotation is written vertically.
2. The dateline appears to the left of the last line of the letter and the signature. Wednesday was 23 April 1788.

Normalised Text

If I were well enough I would come to
you directly my Dear Mrs: Dickenson for I am
very anxious about your sweet little
Child. I write this tonight that I may
have an early account of her tomorrow
Morning, for I shall long to know how
She passes the Night. Is there any Vegetable
from Chelsea that you would wish me to
send? -- Mr: Dickinson forbade Broccoli or you should
have had it. If there is any thing in which I can assist
you about the Dear Child do indulge me by letting me
know yours ever Philadelphia Cremorne
Wednesday Night.

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Notes

1. This annotation is written vertically.
2. The dateline appears to the left of the last line of the letter and the signature. Wednesday was 23 April 1788.

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/1/11/39

Correspondence Details

Sender: Lady Dartrey Philadelphia Hannah Dawson (née Freame)

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 23 April 1788

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to Mary Hamilton. She is anxious to know how Hamilton's daughter Louisa is and writes that if she was able to she would visit Hamilton directly.
Original reference No. 33.

Length: 1 sheet, 102 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, M^rs. or M^rs may occur, but M.^rs or M^r.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 April 2020)

Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library

Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Revision date: 10 August 2025

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