Diplomatic Text
It was my intention if nothing
prevented my going out to morrow
Evg to call at your door, as I
heard you was settled, & I will
certainly my dr Friend, & should
any thing prevent me I will let
you know, I sincerely wish you
Wealth & every comfort in yr
new habitation, I thought it
long since I had heard or seen any
thing of you, I say nothing
about myself, for you know that
my Time is fully employed, & that
tho' nobody wishes more to see their
Friends, or to enquire after them
yet the will must go for the
deed, as I have not the powers --
of putting them in execution --
Mlle Moula' & Mrs Chevely
who are in my Room desire their
kind Comps Adieu my Dr
Affly Yr
MCG --
I will take
care about the money --
The Money for yr Servants I carry
should be put in the usual
Book, if it is not let me know
the acct & I will place it --
Sundy Night --
9th. Feby 1783
[1]
Miʃs Hamilton
Clarges Street[2]
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Normalised Text
It was my intention if nothing
prevented my going out to morrow
Evening to call at your door, as I
heard you was settled, & I will
certainly my dear Friend, & should
any thing prevent me I will let
you know, I sincerely wish you
Wealth & every comfort in your
new habitation, I thought it
long since I had heard or seen any
thing of you, I say nothing
about myself, for you know that
my Time is fully employed, & that
though nobody wishes more to see their
Friends, or to enquire after them
yet the will must go for the
deed, as I have not the powers --
of putting them in execution --
Mademoiselle Moula' & Mrs Chevely
who are in my Room desire their
kind Compliments Adieu my Dear
Affectionately Yours
Martha Carolina Goldsworthy --
I will take
care about the money --
The Money for your Servants I carry
should be put in the usual
Book, if it is not let me know
the account & I will place it --
Sunday Night --
Miss Hamilton
Clarges Street
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Notes
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/1/14/89
Correspondence Details
Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 9 February 1783
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton. She writes with
general news including that she had intended on calling on her the following
day and on money for the servants.
Original reference No. 64.
Length: 1 sheet, 179 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 1 October 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