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HAM/1/13/16

Letter from Eleanor Glover (née Lenton) to Mary Hamilton

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My Dear Miranda



      Notwithstanding the
great dislike I have to writing, nothing
shou'd have prevented me from ------taking
up my pen; to have made my inquiries
after my Dear Miranda's health &c --
had I not heard from time, to time how
you went on, by our friend Miʃs Ann
Clarke
; who was with me seven Weeks;
I know She inform'd you how we went
on; since Mr. Glover's return from Bath,
I have been made the happiest of all
beings, by his enjoying such perfect
health, with good spirits, & pleas'd
with every thing; in short he now is,



what he was some Years ago. --
ever since his return, he has been very
busy in improveing a peice of barren
ground, that is to be call'd mine, at
the East fence, which will be the most
beautiful spot in the Place; in the centre
is a swell, on the back part of it, will
be trees, & on each side, it will be adornd
with shrubs & flowers; this kind thought
of his, makes my heart flow with
gratitude; & I shall for ever reve-
-rence
that spot of ground. --
We have had a succeʃsion of company
ever since the Clarkes, have left us;
the latter end end of next week, we
expect Mr. Glovers family; I am sorry
to have been depriv'd of the pleasure
of your Ccompany this Summer: I hope
it is needleʃs, to tell you, I love you, &



shou'd have thought it a great happineʃs
to have had so good a Child under my
Roof; but am very sorry for the Occasion,
the last account, gave us some pleasure
to hear Sir Willliam Wake was got so
much better, than he had been for some
time; but is he not to be pers---uaided
to go, to Bath, or Buxton; the great
benifit Mr. Glover has receiv'd
from the Bath Waters, I hope &
------trust, may have some influence
over Sir William; with our best
Compliments to both. --

from Your sincere friend
                             E Glover
Mr. G: desires his love,
      Sept. 19th. 1783
      Sunning hill



Miʃs Hamilton[1]

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 1. The address line is written vertically in the middle of the page.
 2. Seal, in red wax.
 3. Newspaper clipping featuring two works ?from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

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My Dear Miranda




      Notwithstanding the
great dislike I have to writing, nothing
should have prevented me from taking
up my pen; to have made my inquiries
after my Dear Miranda's health &c --
had I not heard from time, to time how
you went on, by our friend Miss Ann
Clarke; who was with me seven Weeks;
I know She informed you how we went
on; since Mr. Glover's return from Bath,
I have been made the happiest of all
beings, by his enjoying such perfect
health, with good spirits, & pleased
with every thing; in short he now is,



what he was some Years ago. --
ever since his return, he has been very
busy in improving a piece of barren
ground, that is to be called mine, at
the East fence, which will be the most
beautiful spot in the Place; in the centre
is a swell, on the back part of it, will
be trees, & on each side, it will be adorned
with shrubs & flowers; this kind thought
of his, makes my heart flow with
gratitude; & I shall for ever reverence
that spot of ground. --
We have had a succession of company
ever since the Clarkes, have left us;
the latter end of next week, we
expect Mr. Glovers family; I am sorry
to have been deprived of the pleasure
of your company this Summer: I hope
it is needless, to tell you, I love you, &



should have thought it a great happiness
to have had so good a Child under my
Roof; but am very sorry for the Occasion,
the last account, gave us some pleasure
to hear Sir Willliam Wake was got so
much better, than he had been for some
time; but is he not to be persuaded
to go, to Bath, or Buxton; the great
benefit Mr. Glover has received
from the Bath Waters, I hope &
trust, may have some influence
over Sir William; with our best
Compliments to both. --

from Your sincere friend
                             Eleanor Glover
Mr. Glover desires his love,
      September 19th. 1783
      Sunning hill



Miss Hamilton





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 1. The address line is written vertically in the middle of the page.
 2. Seal, in red wax.
 3. Newspaper clipping featuring two works ?from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

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Library References

Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Eleanor Glover (née Lenton) to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/13/16

Correspondence Details

Sender: Eleanor Glover (née Lenton)

Place sent: Sunninghill

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 19 September 1783

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Mrs Eleanor Glover to Mary Hamilton, conveying general news. Glover has been the 'happiest of all beings' since the return of Mr Glover from Bath in good health. He is also in good spirits and seems pleased with everything. Since his return he has been gardening and working on a piece of barren ground and Glover details the improvements to it that her husband is planning. Glover also writes of the visitors that they have had and with news of Sir William Wake who is ill but cannot be persuaded to visit Bath or Buxton.
    Inside the letter is a newspaper cutting showing an image of Lunardi's balloon and dated 15 September 1784 with a second image taken from the Gardner Collection of an old drawing of the Horse Sale at Smithfield Market.
    Dated at Sunning Hill.
    Original reference No. 7.
   

Length: 2 sheets, 348 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 15 June 2020)

Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library

Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors

Revision date: 20 October 2023

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