Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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HAM/1/14/11

Note from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


9.

My derst

I wish to hear how you Slept &
how you went through last Nights
fatigue, & I likewise write to
say that I insist upon waiting
this Evg., I will not be
contradicted you hear I am
positive, therefore settle some
engagement for this Evg.
                             & believe me
                             Affly Yr-
                                                         MCGoldsworthy
½ Pt 8

12th. Decbr. 1778
Satry. Morng.



Miʃs Hamilton[1]

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Notes


 1. The addressee's name is split in three parts, with three different orientations, by unfolding.

Normalised Text



My dearest

I wish to hear how you Slept &
how you went through last Nights
fatigue, & I likewise write to
say that I insist upon waiting
this Evening, I will not be
contradicted you hear I am
positive, therefore settle some
engagement for this Evening
                             & believe me
                             Affectionately Yours
                                                         Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
½ past 8






Miss Hamilton

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 1. The addressee's name is split in three parts, with three 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/1/14/11

Correspondence Details

Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 12 December 1778

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton. She wishes to know how Hamilton slept after the 'fatigue of the previous night and insists that she waits [for the Royal Family] that night in her place. She notes that she will not be 'contradicted' on this'.
    Original reference No. 9.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 60 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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