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HAM/1/14/66

Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton

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60

Decbr. 8th. 1782


Many thanks my dr for y kind
Note, my Cough is really much
better, & I am very well in every
respect. You say nothing of yr̅
self which I hope may be a good
Sign, but I did not like your
looks last Friday, it is not a
very polite thing to say to a Young
Lady, but it proceeds from good
will & real wish of yr̅ enjoying
that Health & Happineʃs wch I
wish -- The Children are all
well -- I gave yr̅ Love to Mou
Mou
&c & assure they would return
it now if they knew I was writing --
pray keep the Key as long as you
please, you know I am sincere therefore
I mean you should really make that
Apartment convenient to you as long as yo[u]
                                                         [1]



please -- Adieu my dr
                             Affly Yr
                                 McG --
I fear poor Me F's
sufferings are dreadful


Miʃs Hamilton
      St James's[2]

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Many thanks my dear for your kind
Note, my Cough is really much
better, & I am very well in every
respect. You say nothing of your
self which I hope may be a good
Sign, but I did not like your
looks last Friday, it is not a
very polite thing to say to a Young
Lady, but it proceeds from good
will & real wish of your enjoying
that Health & Happiness which I
wish -- The Children are all
well -- I gave your Love to Mou
Mou &c & assure they would return
it now if they knew I was writing --
pray keep the Key as long as you
please, you know I am sincere therefore
I mean you should really make that
Apartment convenient to you as long as you
                                                        



please -- Adieu my dear
                             Affectionately Yours
                                 Martha Carolina Goldsworthy --
I fear poor Madame de la Fite's
sufferings are dreadful


Miss Hamilton
      St James's

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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/1/14/66

Correspondence Details

Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: London

Date sent: 8 December 1782

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton, concerning her own and Hamilton’s health. She notes that it is not a ‘polite thing to say to a lady’ but that she did not like Hamilton’s looks the last time she saw her.
    Goldsworthy also informs Hamilton that the royal children in her charge are all well.
    Original reference No. 60.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 156 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: Christine Wallis, 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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