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HAM/1/14/2

Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


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Had I Mr Glover's Pen I should expreʃs
my wishes more elegantly, but not with
more sincerity than I do with my own
my Dearest Miʃs Hamilton, be aʃsured
that nobody more ardently wishes yo
every poʃsible felicity, & I hope that
every Year will bring more comfort.
Adieu my dearest aʃsure Mrs Hamilton
of my best Compts & Congratulations
in this happy Day[1] & be aʃsured
                             I am
                             most Afftly
                                                         Yours
                                                         MCGoldsworthy
Queens House
      Thursday 5th Feby
                             1778

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Notes


 1. 5 February was Mary Hamilton's birthday.

Normalised Text


                                                        


Had I Mr Glover's Pen I should express
my wishes more elegantly, but not with
more sincerity than I do with my own
my Dearest Miss Hamilton, be assured
that nobody more ardently wishes yo
every possible felicity, & I hope that
every Year will bring more comfort.
Adieu my dearest assure Mrs Hamilton
of my best Compliments & Congratulations
in this happy Day & be assured
                             I am
                             most Affectionately
                                                         Yours
                                                         Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
Queens House
      Thursday 5th February
                             1778

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 1. 5 February was Mary Hamilton's birthday.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/14/2

Correspondence Details

Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy

Place sent: London

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 5 February 1778

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton. She writes that if she had Mr Glover’s pen (see HAM/1/13) then she should be better able to express herself more elegantly. She sends her compliments to Mrs Hamilton and sends her 'congratulations on this happy day'.
    Dated at Queen's House.
    Original reference No. 1.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 81 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: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 10 September 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: 2 November 2021

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