Diplomatic Text
My Dear Miʃs Hamilton
It was impoʃsible for me to answer
your Note when I recd. it at my return to the
Queen's Houʃe, from whence I am just come. We
all both there & here unite in being truly concern'd for
your Disorder & hope you will take all imaginable
care of yrself. I do not call, as you know the Sound
of a Sore Throat (thō I hope yrs. is no alarming Sort)
does not allow of it as I go to the Princes. If any
thing I can do here could be useful to you pray let
me know it, & particularly with regard to Deal. Adieu
my dear I sincerely hope a little proper Care will
restore you to perfect health
Yrs. most Sincerely & Affly
C.Finch
St James's Wednesday
½ past 3.
Miʃs
Hamilton[1]
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Normalised Text
My Dear Miss Hamilton
It was impossible for me to answer
your Note when I received it at my return to the
Queen's House, from whence I am just come. We
all both there & here unite in being truly concerned for
your Disorder & hope you will take all imaginable
care of yourself. I do not call, as you know the Sound
of a Sore Throat (though I hope yours is no alarming Sort)
does not allow of it as I go to the Princes. If any
thing I can do here could be useful to you pray let
me know it, & particularly with regard to Deal. Adieu
my dear I sincerely hope a little proper Care will
restore you to perfect health
Yours most Sincerely & Affectionately
Charlotte Finch
St James's Wednesday
½ past 3.
Miss
Hamilton
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Notes
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/1/12/68
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor)
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: between June 1777 and November 1782
notBefore June 1777 (precision: high)
notAfter November 1782 (precision: high)
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton. She advises Hamilton to take care of herself and says that she has decided not visit as Hamilton has a sore throat and she cannot risk passing it to the princes.
Dated at St James’s [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 140 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 28 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: 27 September 2023