Diplomatic Text
My Dear Miʃs Hamilton,
I beg you will inform their Majesties that Prince
Alfred has been out on Horseback Yesterday & to day, that he
seem'd very well pleas'd even the first time, but to day was eager
to go, & does not seem at all fatigued with it so I hope it will be
of Service to him. he slept very tollerably last Night, & has eat
his Dinner to day with a good Appetite; his Cough has been
leʃs troublesome, & he is cooler, so that I hope I may call this a
better Account than I have been able to ʃend lately. His Eye is
as it was when Hawkins saw him.I am much obliged to you
for your last Letter, to which I would make a longer Answer if I
had any thing worth telling you, but that not being the Case, I am
sure you will not be sorry that I detain you no longer than to aʃsure
you that I am ever
Moʃt faithfully & Sincerely
Yours
CFinch
My Duty & Compliments I
trust to your Care.
Mrs Feilding desires to be remember'd to you.
This is my last Frank.[1]
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Normalised Text
My Dear Miss Hamilton,
I beg you will inform their Majesties that Prince
Alfred has been out on Horseback Yesterday & to day, that he
seemed very well pleased even the first time, but to day was eager
to go, & does not seem at all fatigued with it so I hope it will be
of Service to him. he slept very tolerably last Night, & has eaten
his Dinner to day with a good Appetite; his Cough has been
less troublesome, & he is cooler, so that I hope I may call this a
better Account than I have been able to send lately. His Eye is
as it was when Hawkins saw him.I am much obliged to you
for your last Letter, to which I would make a longer Answer if I
had any thing worth telling you, but that not being the Case, I am
sure you will not be sorry that I detain you no longer than to assure
you that I am ever
Most faithfully & Sincerely
Yours
Charlotte Finch
My Duty & Compliments I
trust to your Care.
Mrs Feilding desires to be remembered to you.
This is my last Frank.
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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/1/12/45
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor)
Place sent: Deal
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 24 July 1782
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton, relating to the health of Prince Alfred. Finch asks Hamilton to inform the King and Queen that Prince Alfred has been out on horseback and does not seem to be tired by this exercise and she hopes that it will benefit him. She reports that he slept well last night and that he has a good appetite today. His cough is less troublesome and he is much cooler.
Dated at Deal Castle [Kent].
Length: 1 sheet, 202 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: Tino Oudesluijs, editorial team (completed 14 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