Diplomatic Text
1780.
Dear Miranda
By your letter of ye 25th I am happy to hear
of your health and agreeable situation
at Eastbourne. When you reflect on the
nature of our laʃt correʃpondence, you could
not expect another letter from me, till I
had been appriʃ'd of the final iʃsue; for
which I have long been waiting, and was
happy to find in your laʃt: I sincerely
congratulate you upon it. as for Catherine
& Nanny -- let them excuʃe themʃelves; no
juʃtification shall they have from me.
They had the confidence to treat me with
a regular scolding in your behalf; when I
little thought, they had been so guilty
themʃelves without the shadow of a plea.
Excepting Nanny's face, of which she
complains from time to time, I can
safely affirm that we have no indiʃpoʃitio[n]
among us: she is taking the bark for hers,
and we hope with succeʃs. Adieu, my
dear Miranda, & believe me ever
Your affectionate father
R Glover.
1780[1]
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Normalised Text
1780.
Dear Miranda
By your letter of the 25th I am happy to hear
of your health and agreeable situation
at Eastbourne. When you reflect on the
nature of our last correspondence, you could
not expect another letter from me, till I
had been apprised of the final issue; for
which I have long been waiting, and was
happy to find in your last: I sincerely
congratulate you upon it. as for Catherine
& Nanny -- let them excuse themselves; no
justification shall they have from me.
They had the confidence to treat me with
a regular scolding in your behalf; when I
little thought, they had been so guilty
themselves without the shadow of a plea.
Excepting Nanny's face, of which she
complains from time to time, I can
safely affirm that we have no indisposition
among us: she is taking the bark for hers,
and we hope with success. Adieu, my
dear Miranda, & believe me ever
Your affectionate father
Richard Glover.
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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 Richard Glover to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/13/8
Correspondence Details
Sender: Richard Glover
Place sent: Sunninghill
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Eastbourne
Date sent: 29 September 1780
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Richard Glover to Mary Hamilton. He writes that he is happy to hear that she is an agreeable situation in Eastbourne and of her good health. Alluding perhaps to Hamilton's health Glover notes that she cannot have expected another letter from him when she reflects on the subject of their last correspondence until he is aware 'of the final issue, for which I have long been waiting, and was happy to find in your last'. He congratulates Hamilton upon it.
Dated at Sunning Hill.
Length: 1 sheet, 168 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 9 June 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: 20 October 2023