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My Dear Mrs: Dickenson
As we go out of Town on Saturday &
shall not see you, I send a few lines by Miʃs A. C.
with my Mother's Affectionate love to you & Mr D——
to say how very happy you will make us by
your intended visit to Sunning Hill, when you
have fix'd your time you will be so good as
to send us a line, I wrote to my father last
night, you may be very sure he will rejoice
very much, at the thoughts that his dear Child
is at last made happy for life which I am
sure is the case; I hope my Dr. Mrs: D.. my sincere
friend when I was but a child, & whose friendship I hope I shall always deserve will permit
me to write to her every now & then, when she
goes into Derbyshire, where she will meet with
relations who must & will love her. may every
bleʃsing & happineʃs that this world affords attend you
& yours is the very sincere wish of your ever
Affectionate & sincere friend
Mary Glover
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My Mother & Myself are extremely anxious to
have our Dear Anna Maria with us in the
Country on account of her health, she assured us
last night that she was very well but I think
she looks ill, she told us that Mr Jackson
talks of finishing their affairs, that being the
case we shall not see her so soon as we could wish,
do you think he really will set about them,
I have been thinking (if you see it proper)
that perhaps if you was to write to him, it
might have some effect upon him, I am very well
convinc'd that if he goes noton harraʃsing her (for I
can call it nothing else) it will very materially injure
her health. Adieu my Dr. Mrs. D & excuse the liberty
I have taken, but I do very sincerely love my Dr. &
amiable miʃs A. Clarke. & cannot help being very anxious.
Thursday morning
We are so unfortunate as to be engaged to day
to Mrs. Wilsons at Sydenham or should otherwise have accepted your
kind invitation with pleasure.
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My Dear Mrs: Dickenson
As we go out of Town on Saturday &
shall not see you, I send a few lines by Miss Anna Clarke
with my Mother's Affectionate love to you & Mr Dickenson
to say how very happy you will make us by
your intended visit to Sunning Hill, when you
have fixed your time you will be so good as
to send us a line, I wrote to my father last
night, you may be very sure he will rejoice
very much, at the thoughts that his dear Child
is at last made happy for life which I am
sure is the case; I hope my Dear Mrs: Dickenson my sincere
friend when I was but a child, & whose friendship I hope I shall always deserve will permit
me to write to her every now & then, when she
goes into Derbyshire, where she will meet with
relations who must & will love her. may every
blessing & happiness that this world affords attend you
& yours is the very sincere wish of your ever
Affectionate & sincere friend
Mary Glover
My Mother & Myself are extremely anxious to
have our Dear Anna Maria with us in the
Country on account of her health, she assured us
last night that she was very well but I think
she looks ill, she told us that Mr Jackson
talks of finishing their affairs, that being the
case we shall not see her so soon as we could wish,
do you think he really will set about them,
I have been thinking (if you see it proper)
that perhaps if you was to write to him, it
might have some effect upon him, I am very well
convinced that if he goes on harrassing her (for I
can call it nothing else) it will very materially injure
her health. Adieu my Dear Mrs. Dickenson & excuse the liberty
I have taken, but I do very sincerely love my Dear &
amiable miss Anna Clarke. & cannot help being very anxious.
Thursday morning
We are so unfortunate as to be engaged to day
to Mrs. Wilsons at Sydenham or should otherwise have accepted your
kind invitation with pleasure.
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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/1/13/21
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Glover
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 22 June 1785
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary Glover to Mary Hamilton, concerning Hamilton’s marriage and an intended visit by Hamilton to Sunning Hill. The letter also relates to Hamilton’s friend Anna Maria [Clarke] whom Glover is anxious about as she seems to be ill. Clarke had told Glover that Mr Jackson talks of ‘finishing their affairs’ and if this is the case then Glover will not see her as soon as she hoped. Glover asks Hamilton to write to Mr Jackson as this might ‘have some effect upon him, I am very well convince[e]d that if he goes on haranguing her (for I can call it nothing else) it will very materially injure her health’. Glover apologies for the liberty she has taken but she is very anxious for Anna Maria.
Original reference No. 10.
Length: 1 sheet, 373 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).
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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 25 June 2020)
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