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My Dear Miʃs Hamilton
Mr.. Devaynes is just arrived from Windsor & has
deliver'd your meʃsage to me, had you desired me to have
written before I should have done it with pleasure to
have inform'd you of my Dear fathers health, he has
been a great deal better, till within these few days
the waters have not agreed quite so well with him,
he is pretty well to day, but intends leaving off the
waters, at least for a time. Mrs Jackson & Katherine
din'd with us yesterday they were both very well, you
will I think be much pleas'd to see Katherine she
is so very much improved, your little goddaughter is
grown really beautiful, I hope she will be endow'd
with all the virtues of her mother, & god mother, she
will then be as amiable, as I think she is at present
likely to turn out pretty. We were much disappointed
in not seeing you, the Tuesday you fix'd upon to come
to Sunning, I hope you was not prevented by illneʃs My
father and mother wish very much to see you, when ever
you can come, write us a line, that we may be at home
to receive you. My father & mother desire their Love.
I remain my Dear Miʃs Hamilton your ever
obiged, Mary Glover
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Notes
1. This number appears directly under '12th' in the dateline of the letter. It was likely added to clarify the date since there is a tear in the sheet that somewhat obscures the original '12th' in the dateline.
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My Dear Miss Hamilton
Mr.. Devaynes is just arrived from Windsor & has
delivered your message to me, had you desired me to have
written before I should have done it with pleasure to
have informed you of my Dear fathers health, he has
been a great deal better, till within these few days
the waters have not agreed quite so well with him,
he is pretty well to day, but intends leaving off the
waters, at least for a time. Mrs Jackson & Katherine
dined with us yesterday they were both very well, you
will I think be much pleased to see Katherine she
is so very much improved, your little goddaughter is
grown really beautiful, I hope she will be endowed
with all the virtues of her mother, & god mother, she
will then be as amiable, as I think she is at present
likely to turn out pretty. We were much disappointed
in not seeing you, the Tuesday you fixed upon to come
to Sunning, I hope you was not prevented by illness My
father and mother wish very much to see you, when ever
you can come, write us a line, that we may be at home
to receive you. My father & mother desire their Love.
I remain my Dear Miss Hamilton your ever
obliged, Mary 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 Mary Glover to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/13/11
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Glover
Place sent: Sunninghill
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 12 August 1782
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary Glover to Mary Hamilton, concerning the health of her father. Richard Glover has been taking the waters but it does not seem to agree with him and he intends to stop taking it for at least a time. Glover also writes with news of friends. Mrs and Katherine Jackson dined with them yesterday and both were well and Katherine is much improved. Glover notes that Hamilton's god-daughter [Katherine?] has grown beautiful and she hopes that she will be as amiable as her mother.
Original reference No. 4.
Length: 1 sheet, 227 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 23 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: 2 November 2021