Diplomatic Text
1782.
My Dear Miʃs Hamilton,
I beg you will present my humble Duty & Thanks to
his Majesty for his gracious Attention to the Request I took the Liberty
of troubling him with Yesterday. I am just return'd from going all over
my Houʃe, wch. has every Appearance of Comfort & Enjoyment, for which
I cannot be too grateful to both their Majesties. I enclose for the
Queen, all that remain'd of the dear little Prince's Hair, after I
had taken out the Locks I sent the Princeʃses Yesterday; for his
Head was not shaved, or there would have been more. I am very
thankful to hear so good an Account of the Healths of all at Kew, &
beg you will present with my Duty my most affectionate Thanks to Their Royl.
Highneʃses for all the dear Letters they honor'd me with Yesterday. Miʃs
Goldsworthy writes to Pʃs Augusta, She thanks you for your Letter but
does not write to you, as I do; She has some Pain on her Breast &
Coughs enough, for Keate to think of recommending a Blister[1] on the
Breast, wch. she consents to whenever he pronounces it neceʃsary. Mrs Chevely
is pretty well & so is Miʃs Planta & all join in begging to be remember'd to You.
Ever my dear Ms. Hamilton most Sincerely Yrs. CFinch
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Notes
1. Medical blistering, or vesiculation, was a common practice in eigtheenth-century medicine used to relieve conditions such as inflamation and fever, amongst others. It involved raising an artificial blister on the patient's skin.
Normalised Text
1782.
My Dear Miss Hamilton,
I beg you will present my humble Duty & Thanks to
his Majesty for his gracious Attention to the Request I took the Liberty
of troubling him with Yesterday. I am just returned from going all over
my House, which has every Appearance of Comfort & Enjoyment, for which
I cannot be too grateful to both their Majesties. I enclose for the
Queen, all that remained of the dear little Prince's Hair, after I
had taken out the Locks I sent the Princesses Yesterday; for his
Head was not shaved, or there would have been more. I am very
thankful to hear so good an Account of the Healths of all at Kew, &
beg you will present with my Duty my most affectionate Thanks to Their Royal
Highnesses for all the dear Letters they honoured me with Yesterday. Miss
Goldsworthy writes to Princess Augusta, She thanks you for your Letter but
does not write to you, as I do; She has some Pain on her Breast &
Coughs enough, for Keate to think of recommending a Blister on the
Breast, which she consents to whenever he pronounces it necessary. Mrs Chevely
is pretty well & so is Miss Planta & all join in begging to be remembered to You.
Ever my dear Miss Hamilton most Sincerely Yours Charlotte Finch
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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/1/12/47
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor)
Place sent: Windsor
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 23 August 1782
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton. She encloses all that is left of the Prince's [Alfred’s] hair for the Queen ‘after I had taken out the Locks I had sent the Princesses yesterday, for his Head was not shaved, or there would have been more’. She has just returned from looking over her house which looks very comfortable and for which she cannot be too grateful to the King and Queen. Finch thanks Hamilton for sending an account of the health of everyone at Kew. Miss Goldsworthy is suffering from a pain in her breast and is coughing so much that a Blister on her breast may be administered. The other governesses are well and wish to be remembered to Hamilton.
Dated at Lower Lodge [Windsor].
Length: 1 sheet, 230 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 7 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