Diplomatic Text
Queens House Monday Evg
45
16th April 1781
My Dear --
I beg you will present my Humble Duty
to Her Majesty & acquaint her, that
Doctor Turton thinks Princeʃs Augusta is
going on very well, this Morg we took
a little walk in the Garden, & tho' she
was a good deal fatigued yet at the
time, yet since has felt better, this
Afternoon we have had a charming
Airing, & I trust I shall be able
to send better accounts every day.
H R H asks me to present her
Duty to their Majesties, & love to P
Royal & Prʃs Elizabeth. Adieu
Affly Yr-
MCGoldsworthy
I beg my Affectionate
Duty to the Princeʃs's -- [1]
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Normalised Text
Queens House Monday Evening
My Dear --
I beg you will present my Humble Duty
to Her Majesty & acquaint her, that
Doctor Turton thinks Princess Augusta is
going on very well, this Morning we took
a little walk in the Garden, & though she
was a good deal fatigued at the
time, yet since has felt better, this
Afternoon we have had a charming
Airing, & I trust I shall be able
to send better accounts every day.
Her Royal Highness asks me to present her
Duty to their Majesties, & love to Princess
Royal & Princess Elizabeth. Adieu
Affectionately Yours
Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
I beg my Affectionate
Duty to the Princesses --
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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 Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/14/49
Correspondence Details
Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 16 April 1781
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton. She asks Hamilton
to present her duty to the Queen and to inform her that Dr Turton thinks that
Princess Augustus is improving. She reports that the Princess took a short
walk in the garden that morning and she expects to be able to tell them that
her health has improved even more shortly.
Dated at the Queen's House.
Original reference No. 45.
Length: 1 sheet, 112 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 December 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