Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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HAM/1/12/12

Note from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


My Dear Miʃs Hamilton
      All here rejoiced in your good Account
of yr Royl Charges, & I hope you will be able to continue
it. I am writing past 11 o Clock & consequently half
asleep so you must not expect any particulars from
me only the general kind remembrances of all here.
I beg my Affate. Duty to & Princeʃses &
remain
                             Ever your most Affcte. & Faithful
                                       CFinch

Windsor Saturday Night
      1779




Lady C Finch

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My Dear Miss Hamilton
      All here rejoiced in your good Account
of your Royal Charges, & I hope you will be able to continue
it. I am writing past 11 o'Clock & consequently half
asleep so you must not expect any particulars from
me only the general kind remembrances of all here.
I beg my Affectionate Duty to & Princesses &
remain
                             Ever your most Affectionate & Faithful
                                       Charlotte Finch

Windsor Saturday Night
      1779




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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/1/12/12

Correspondence Details

Sender: Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor)

Place sent: Windsor

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 1779

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton. She writes that it is past 11 o'clock so consequently is half asleep and hence she must not expect details only the kind remembrances of all at Windsor.
    Dated at Windsor.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 74 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 22 April 2020)

Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library

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

Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors

Revision date: 2 November 2021

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