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HAM/1/14/8

Note from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


      Part typed

6.

Pʃs Augusta tells me my
drst that Lay C has
spoke to the Queen,
I feel very sensibly for
you, for I too well know
what yr- Situation is,
keep yr- self up my
dear, I hope you
will find yr- Mama
better than you expect,
& I am sure you are
convinced, that Providence
knows better than we do
what is proper for us
God Bleʃs you, try to
sleep & believe me affly Y
                                                         MCG --
Satry Night 14th. Novbr. 1778[1]


parts Typed by F

Miʃs Hamilton
Kew[2]

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Notes


 1. The dateline appears to the left of the signature.
 2. The direction is split in multiple sections with different orientations by unfolding.

Normalised Text


     

Princess Augusta tells me my
dearest that Lady Charlotte has
spoken to the Queen,
I feel very sensibly for
you, for I too well know
what your Situation is,
keep your self up my
dear, I hope you
will find your Mama
better than you expect,
& I am sure you are
convinced, that Providence
knows better than we do
what is proper for us
God Bless you, try to
sleep & believe me affectionately Yours
                                                         Martha Carolina Goldsworthy --
Saturday Night




Miss Hamilton
Kew

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 1. The dateline appears to the left of the signature.
 2. The direction is split in multiple sections with different orientations by unfolding.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Note from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/14/8

Correspondence Details

Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: Kew

Date sent: 14 November 1778

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton. The letter relates to Goldsworthy’s concern for Hamilton [who has taken leave from court so that she could visit her mother who was very ill]. Goldsworthy hopes that Hamilton will find her mother better than she expect and that she feels 'very sensibly for' her as she too knows what she is going through. She is sure that Hamilton is 'convinced that Providence knows what is proper for us'.
    Original reference No. 6.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 84 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 29 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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