Diplomatic Text
My Dear Miʃs Hamilton, thō I miʃs'd of seeing Dr Turton to day
I am very well convinced of the neceʃsity of your getting
some Country Air, & am very glad you intend going tomorrow,
I have mention'd it to her Majesty who approves much of
it & orders me to say she hopes it will do you good. I most
sincerely join in that wish. The Weather is soft & mild &
the Season every day advancing, that I have no doubt
but you will find benefit from it, & hope you will take full
time to recover yourself compleetly. I was at Kew this Morng.
& found Pʃs Augusta quite well. She & all the rest send you their Love.
believe me my dear with the truest Affection
Yrs. ever CFinch
Monday Night.
Miʃs Hamilton
30th. March Monday
1778 -- [1]
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Normalised Text
My Dear Miss Hamilton, though I missed of seeing Dr Turton to day
I am very well convinced of the necessity of your getting
some Country Air, & am very glad you intend going tomorrow,
I have mentioned it to her Majesty who approves much of
it & orders me to say she hopes it will do you good. I most
sincerely join in that wish. The Weather is soft & mild &
the Season every day advancing, that I have no doubt
but you will find benefit from it, & hope you will take full
time to recover yourself completely. I was at Kew this Morning
& found Princess Augusta quite well. She & all the rest send you their Love.
believe me my dear with the truest Affection
Yours ever Charlotte Finch
Monday Night.
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/12/3
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 30 March 1778
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton. She did not have the opportunity of seeing Dr Turton today but she is still convinced that Hamilton is in need of country air and is happy that she intends to go the following day. She has informed the Queen who has ordered Finch to tell Hamilton that she hopes that it will do her good. Finch agrees with the Queen and hopes that she will take her time to fully recover.
Length: 1 sheet, 136 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 21 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