HAM/1/11/43
Letter from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to Mary Hamilton
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Tuesday Night
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My Dear Mrs: Dickenson
July 1795
Your Animation & midnight
Livelineʃs, have affected me so much, that tho'
Lady W. & Marianne are gone to Bed
tired, I, even drowsey as I usually am,
should much prefer a chearful Chatting
Hour, to the still & composed Occupation
of putting on my Night Cap, & going
to Rest. I am resolved to begin a Letter to
you to tell you this mighty change, to tell
you how much we have miʃsed, & how
much we have thought of you at Courteen
=hall -- we drank your Health, & all agreed
you were tired down, by having walked
about with Sir William. I hope you had
a good Journey, & that Mr: D's Leg is better
& Louisa, good dear little Louisa quite well.
We spent this Morning very pleasantly,
first visiting Mrs: Weddel, & then lounging
(I hope you know the meaning of that Word,)
about Lord Campdens Grounds: it was a fine
Day, & we were very comfortable & agreable.
Tomorrow I leave this pretty Place, & my dr &
kind Friend; I expect my Husband on Thurs=
=day, so I go to see that all is in order for his
Reception. I must now say Adieu, my dr: Mrs: D. Kind Remem
-brances to Mr: D. Kiʃs dr: Louisa & tell yr:self that I am Yrs: Affly PC
[2]you are always so good as to appear
interested about Mrs. M: Therefore you will be glad
[3]to know I have heard from
her -- all our Letters are
very comfortable and satisfactory.
[4]Remember me most Affectionately
to Mr. Dickenson & kiʃs the dear &
amiable Louisa for me, & believe
me most Affectionately
yours Marianne --
Thursday morning. We wished you to
find our letter my dear friend upon
your arrival at Birch Hall for which
I fear it will now be too late, having
been prevented writing until this morning.
a few lines from Dr Richard this morning
gives us the pleasure of knowing
you arrived safe & in good time on
Monday at C. Hall. from what he says ------
------------------ I doubt if the weather on
Tuesday was as fine as with us; here it
was lovely. Poor Wm has not been so fortunate
in getting his Hay in, as I have. this
Post has brought me a letter from Dr Mrs.
Carter. She complains that her Elementary
Head, has sadly felt the effects of this
damp & rainy November Summer. She intends
writing to you soon. I need not tell you
how much pleasure I have had in your
society at P. Grove, nor with what satisfaction
I shall look forward to a renewal of it next
Spring. I am so deep in Visiting & Letter
Debts, that I cannot now indulge myself
in scribbling so much as I wish to do. I
shall wait with impatience to hear from
you, how your good Husbands ancle does;
how you liked your Visit - to poor Dr. William;
how you found your friends at Birch Hall
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Notes
1. We have swapped p.1 and p.2 of the image for ease of presentation. The image therefore differs from that in the University of Manchester LUNA catalogue.
2. Moved this postscript here from the top of the page above the dateline, written upside down.
3. Moved postscript here from below the dateline as a continuation of the lines above the dateline. The two passages are joined with a '+'.
4. Moved this postscript here from the top of the page to the left of the dateline, written upside down.
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Tuesday Night
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My Dear Mrs: Dickenson
Your Animation & midnight
Liveliness, have affected me so much, that though
Lady Wake & Marianne are gone to Bed
tired, I, even drowsy as I usually am,
should much prefer a cheerful Chatting
Hour, to the still & composed Occupation
of putting on my Night Cap, & going
to Rest. I am resolved to begin a Letter to
you to tell you this mighty change, to tell
you how much we have missed, & how
much we have thought of you at Courteen-hall
-- we drank your Health, & all agreed
you were tired down, by having walked
about with Sir William. I hope you had
a good Journey, & that Mr: Dickenson's Leg is better
& Louisa, good dear little Louisa quite well.
We spent this Morning very pleasantly,
first visiting Mrs: Weddel, & then lounging
(I hope you know the meaning of that Word,)
about Lord Campdens Grounds: it was a fine
Day, & we were very comfortable & agreeable.
Tomorrow I leave this pretty Place, & my dear &
kind Friend; I expect my Husband on Thursday
, so I go to see that all is in order for his
Reception. I must now say Adieu, my dear Mrs: Dickenson Kind Remembrances
to Mr: Dickenson Kiss dr: Louisa & tell yourself that I am Yours Affectionately Philadelphia Cremorne
you are always so good as to appear
interested about Mrs. M: Therefore you will be glad
to know I have heard from
her -- all our Letters are
very comfortable and satisfactory.
Remember me most Affectionately
to Mr. Dickenson & kiss the dear &
amiable Louisa for me, & believe
me most Affectionately
yours Marianne --
Thursday morning. We wished you to
find our letter my dear friend upon
your arrival at Birch Hall for which
I fear it will now be too late, having
been prevented writing until this morning.
a few lines from Dear Richard this morning
gives us the pleasure of knowing
you arrived safe & in good time on
Monday at Courteen Hall. from what he says
I doubt if the weather on
Tuesday was as fine as with us; here it
was lovely. Poor William has not been so fortunate
in getting his Hay in, as I have. this
Post has brought me a letter from Dear Mrs.
Carter. She complains that her Elementary
Head, has sadly felt the effects of this
damp & rainy November Summer. She intends
writing to you soon. I need not tell you
how much pleasure I have had in your
society at Pheasant Grove, nor with what satisfaction
I shall look forward to a renewal of it next
Spring. I am so deep in Visiting & Letter
Debts, that I cannot now indulge myself
in scribbling so much as I wish to do. I
shall wait with impatience to hear from
you, how your good Husbands ankle does;
how you liked your Visit to poor Dear William;
how you found your friends at Birch Hall
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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) to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/11/43
Correspondence Details
Sender: Philadelphia Hannah, Baroness Cremorne Dawson (née Freame)
Place sent: Chislehurst
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: July 1795
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to Mary Hamilton.
She writes to say how much she and Lady Wake, whom she is with, have missed Hamilton and how much they have thought of her. The letter continues with enquiries on Hamilton's family and on how Cremorne spends her time.
Dated at Pheasant Grove.
Length: 1 sheet, 503 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: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 3 April 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: 2 November 2021