HAM/1/13/19
Letters from Eleanor Glover (née Lenton) and Mary Glover to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
My Dear Miranda
I am very sorry to hear
that you have had an inflammation
in your Eyes; & at the same time was
very much disappointed in not seeing
you at Sunning hill, when you was in the
Country; I certainly told you, when you
went to Mrs. Jacksons, & would let me
know when it suited you, & our House
at liberty, I would send the carriage
for you: If there is any mistake on my
part I am very sorry for it; after the
first week, of your being there, I had
a Bed at your service, & no one would
have been more wellcome then your
Self to have occupied it. I shall now
hope to see you from Bullstrode, if the
good Dutcheʃs, will be so good to send
you over; & I will take care to send you
back; I love Miranda, & shall not take
it kind if you don't continue it so. --
I hope by that time, our friend Ann
Clarke will be with us. -- We have
had Mr. R: Glover with us these three
weeks, part of the time he was confind
with a fever; he admires this place
very much, & is very fond of his Sister,
which makes me very happy to observe
it; I have been a constant attendat upon
poor Penny; I now fear there is no
chance for her life, so I hope in God,
She will soon be releas'd from all
her troubles. -- Mary will take the pen
out of my hand. you are oft in my
thoughts. upon one subject, succeʃs
attend you. -- God bleʃs you. --
Mr. G: love -- E Glover
Dearest Miʃs H
I must write a few lines to you to tell
you that I am much concern'd for your indisposition.
Last week my father & Mrs.. Lenton went to Wey-
-bridge, & brought me word that they had seen the
Tamest Squirrel they ever saw, that it belong'd
to Mrs: Holland's coachman, therefore
as he was not in their way they could
not buy it, but however my father
went yesterday & bought it, & brought it home
& gave it me, it is very pretty, very tame, & in
short I am already very fond of it, as is my mother
my father &c &c; the other Squirrels nose is out
of joint. I am in great hopes to see my Dr.. Miʃs
Ann, ere long, Mr. R. G. goes to Holiford to morrow
& stays one night, mrs Jackson has been often
here but we had always notice of it, as she
was afraid (I do Suppose) that Mr. Jackson would
think that she wish'd to see us, I often think
of her with tears, & you my Dr.. Miʃs H—— whom
ere long we shall lose, I hope Mr. D- is well,
I heard last night that you were to be at[3]
next Saturday; I hope we shall have the pleasure
of seeing you here. Mr.. R. G. leaves us to morrow,
he has been three weeks here. The Coles leave this
place on Wednesday; A Colonel Hartley has bought
Mr. Pitts; I hope he will be a good neighbour.
▼
[4]We went to pay our Compts.. to Princeʃs Royal
last Wednesday, but were disappointed as none of
Family walk'd on the terrace, there was a good deal of
Company. Mrs. L. desires her best Compts.. to you.
& now I must conclude myself Dr. Miʃs
H—— yrs. Sincerely & Affectionately
M. G——
P.S.
I hope & beg if you can
contrive, you will come over here you
will make us so very happy[5][6]
[8]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. This number appears just below in the middle of the dateline.
2. The dateline appears to the right of the salutation.
3. Mary Glover seems to have missed a word here in the course of starting a new page.
4. This final section and the postscript are written upside down below the address at the bottom of the page.
5. The feet of 'ppy' in this word are not as long as they would normally be as this postscript was written after the letter was already folded, and thus left no space to properly write out 'happy'.
6. This postscript appears to the left of the salutation.
7. Moved address here from the middle of the page, written vertically.
8. Remains of a seal, in red wax, on both the left-hand and right-hand sides of the page.
Normalised Text
3d October 1784.
My Dear Miranda
I am very sorry to hear
that you have had an inflammation
in your Eyes; & at the same time was
very much disappointed in not seeing
you at Sunning hill, when you was in the
Country; I certainly told you, when you
went to Mrs. Jacksons, & would let me
know when it suited you, & our House
at liberty, I would send the carriage
for you: If there is any mistake on my
part I am very sorry for it; after the
first week, of your being there, I had
a Bed at your service, & no one would
have been more welcome than your
Self to have occupied it. I shall now
hope to see you from Bullstrode, if the
good Duchess, will be so good to send
you over; & I will take care to send you
back; I love Miranda, & shall not take
it kind if you don't continue it so. --
I hope by that time, our friend Ann
Clarke will be with us. -- We have
had Mr. Richard Glover with us these three
weeks, part of the time he was confined
with a fever; he admires this place
very much, & is very fond of his Sister,
which makes me very happy to observe
it; I have been a constant attendant upon
poor Penny; I now fear there is no
chance for her life, so I hope in God,
She will soon be released from all
her troubles. -- Mary will take the pen
out of my hand. you are oft in my
thoughts. upon one subject, success
attend you. -- God bless you. --
Mr. Glover love -- Eleanor Glover
Dearest Miss Hamilton
I must write a few lines to you to tell
you that I am much concerned for your indisposition.
Last week my father & Mrs.. Lenton went to Weybridge
, & brought me word that they had seen the
Tamest Squirrel they ever saw, that it belonged
to Mrs: Holland's coachman, therefore
as he was not in their way they could
not buy it, but however my father
went yesterday & bought it, & brought it home
& gave it me, it is very pretty, very tame, & in
short I am already very fond of it, as is my mother
my father &c &c; the other Squirrels nose is out
of joint. I am in great hopes to see my Dear Miss
Ann, ere long, Mr. Richard Glover goes to Holiford to morrow
& stays one night, mrs Jackson has been often
here but we had always notice of it, as she
was afraid (I do Suppose) that Mr. Jackson would
think that she wished to see us, I often think
of her with tears, & you my Dear Miss Hamilton whom
ere long we shall lose, I hope Mr. Dickenson is well,
I heard last night that you were to be at
next Saturday; I hope we shall have the pleasure
of seeing you here. Mr.. Richard Glover leaves us to morrow,
he has been three weeks here. The Coles leave this
place on Wednesday; A Colonel Hartley has bought
Mr. Pitts; I hope he will be a good neighbour.
▼
We went to pay our Compliments to Princess Royal
last Wednesday, but were disappointed as none of
Family walked on the terrace, there was a good deal of
Company. Mrs. Lenton desires her best Compliments to you.
& now I must conclude myself Dear Miss
Hamilton yours Sincerely & Affectionately
Mary Glover
P.S.
I hope & beg if you can
contrive, you will come over here you
will make us so very happy
Clarges Street
Piccadilly
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letters from Eleanor Glover (née Lenton) and Mary Glover to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/13/19
Correspondence Details
Sender: Eleanor Glover (née Lenton)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 3 October 1784
Letter Description
Summary: The sheet contains two letters to Mary Hamilton, the first from Mrs Eleanor Glover and the second from her daughter, Mary Glover.
Mrs Glover writes that she is sorry to hear that Hamilton is suffering with an inflammation in her eyes and that she is also disappointed that she has not seen her at Sunning Hill. Glover had mentioned to Hamilton when she was at Mrs Jacksons that she would be happy for her to visit her when in the country, that she would send her the carriage and that the house would be at her liberty. If there is 'any mistake on my part I am very sorry for it'. She now hopes that she can visit her from Bulstrode if the Duchess [Portland] will send her to her. Glover will take her back in her carriage. Glover continues her letter with family news.
The second letter is from Mary Glover who describes to Hamilton a pet squirrel her father had given her which had belonged to a Mrs Holland's coachman. She notes that she is already fond of it and that her other squirrel's 'nose is out of joint'.
Original reference No. 9.
Length: 1 sheet, 614 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 24 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