Diplomatic Text
My Dear Miʃs Hamilton
I have no leʃs than 3 Letters to thank you for so cannot
satisfy myself without telling you that I have recd them, & at the
same time how much pleasure they afford me, & how much I
thank you for them. You are so sure of all this, that I am hardly ex-
-cusable for troubling you with it, but it really feels such a burden
on my Mind, not to make acknowledgements where I feel they are
due, that it is a indulgence to myself to do it. I fear these public
Charges will again embarraʃs every thing, & disturb the Ks Quiet, pray
send me word how he is, & whether his good Spirits keep up. I suppose the Parlia
-ment will set for ever for whilst Administration is so unsettled they
cannot rise. I shd think the remaining at W. the middle of the Week a more
Comfortable Scheme & better for the Pʃss than going backwards & forwards,
how do they think abt. that? Pʃs A. Letters are wrote quite in Spirits & are
very pretty. The ------ Acct Hawkins will have given from hence I fancy will
fix her here sometime longer, indeed it ought, for the Childs sake with whom
it certainly agrees so well, And as to myself, by My Family contriving to
be so much with me 'tis made really very comfortable. I aim to be adont aim to all parti-
-culars in yours, but notice them all in my own mind, & am much
interested & amused with them. How can that Dutcheʃs keep her Post (I
mean on the Terrace) so constantly, I think it is seeking Mortification
I suppose the P. does not notice them particularly, if he does, one can
Acct. for their coming. I am glad he was at Chapel. I will not add any
more now for I am going to dine out, a wonderful Event here I aʃsure
you, tis at Cdr Dickes whose Wife is a very sensible good Sort of Woman. She
has ask'd Mrs Carter to meet us. Yrs. Ever.
Mrs. F begs to be kindly
remember'd to you
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Normalised Text
My Dear Miss Hamilton
I have no less than 3 Letters to thank you for so cannot
satisfy myself without telling you that I have received them, & at the
same time how much pleasure they afford me, & how much I
thank you for them. You are so sure of all this, that I am hardly excusable
for troubling you with it, but it really feels such a burden
on my Mind, not to make acknowledgements where I feel they are
due, that it is a indulgence to myself to do it. I fear these public
Charges will again embarrass every thing, & disturb the Kings Quiet, pray
send me word how he is, & whether his good Spirits keep up. I suppose the Parliament
will set for ever for whilst Administration is so unsettled they
cannot rise. I should think the remaining at W. the middle of the Week a more
Comfortable Scheme & better for the Princesss than going backwards & forwards,
how do they think about that? Princess Augusta Letters are written quite in Spirits & are
very pretty. The Account Hawkins will have given from hence I fancy will
fix her here sometime longer, indeed it ought, for the Childs sake with whom
it certainly agrees so well, And as to myself, by My Family contriving to
be so much with me 'tis made really very comfortable. I dont aim to all particulars
in yours, but notice them all in my own mind, & am much
interested & amused with them. How can that Duchess keep her Post (I
mean on the Terrace) so constantly, I think it is seeking Mortification
I suppose the Prince does not notice them particularly, if he does, one can
Account for their coming. I am glad he was at Chapel. I will not add any
more now for I am going to dine out, a wonderful Event here I assure
you, tis at Commander Dickes whose Wife is a very sensible good Sort of Woman. She
has asked Mrs Carter to meet us. Yours Ever.
Mrs. Fielding begs to be kindly
remembered to you
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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 Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/12/43
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 9 July 1782
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton. She has received three letters from Hamilton, which have given her much pleasure. She writes with general news and says that she supposes Parliament will sit: whilst 'the administration is so unsettled they cannot rise'.
Length: 1 sheet, 358 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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 5 May 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