Diplomatic Text
[1]
Stanhope Street
Feby 24th-
Madam
my Lady has had the
influenza very bad, and tho much better
her Eyes oblige her to abstain from
writing, She therefore desires me to Say
that She gave miʃs Dickensons Letter
which you Sent her for Lady Wake
to mrs Roberts who expects her in town
this day She much laments that it
Came too late to obtain what you so
much wished; thank God your beloved
Friend[2] died as She lived, in Chearfull
Resignation to the will of her God, and
full of Benevolence and Sweet Charity
to all human kind.
my Lady has a peice of Silk
which mrs Carter Sent here Some time
ago and desired when She Died that it
might be Sent to miʃs Louisa Dickenson
my Lady therefore begs to know when
and where She Shall Send it
Her Ladyship is very glad to hear that
you have all escaped the Influenza which
has been So prevalent in Town and
begs her best wishes --
I am madam
your most obedient
Humble Servant
Eliz Palfrey
my Lord is much better thank God
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. The catalogue sequence from HAM/1/11/45 to HAM/1/11/46 is interrupted in this edition by HAM/1/9/10(3), which is a reply to the present letter.
2. Elizabeth Carter, who had died on 19 February 1806.
Normalised Text
Stanhope Street
February 24th-
Madam
my Lady has had the
influenza very bad, and though much better
her Eyes oblige her to abstain from
writing, She therefore desires me to Say
that She gave miss Dickensons Letter
which you Sent her for Lady Wake
to mrs Roberts who expects her in town
this day She much laments that it
Came too late to obtain what you so
much wished; thank God your beloved
Friend died as She lived, in Cheerful
Resignation to the will of her God, and
full of Benevolence and Sweet Charity
to all human kind.
my Lady has a piece of Silk
which mrs Carter Sent here Some time
ago and desired when She Died that it
might be Sent to miss Louisa Dickenson
my Lady therefore begs to know when
and where She Shall Send it
Her Ladyship is very glad to hear that
you have all escaped the Influenza which
has been So prevalent in Town and
begs her best wishes --
I am madam
your most obedient
Humble Servant
Elizabeth Palfrey
my Lord is much better thank God
quotations, spellings, uncorrected forms, split words, abbreviations, formatting)
Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Elizabeth Palfrey to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/11/45
Correspondence Details
Sender: Elizabeth Palfrey
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 24 February 1806
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Elizabeth Palfrey [Lady Cremorne's servant] to Mary Hamilton informing her that Cremorne is ill with influenza and that she has been asked to write on her behalf.
Dartrey is glad that Hamilton and her family have escaped the influenza which is so prevalent in London. The letter relates to general news. She writes that Mrs Carter had left her some silk some time ago and asked Cremorne to send it to Louisa Dickenson after her death. She agreed to do this and asks Hamilton when and where she should send it. For Hamilton's reply, see HAM/1/9/10(3).
Dated at Stanhope Street [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 183 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 15 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