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From Miss Hamilton to 66
My Dearest Miʃs Goldsworthy
I do not write to tell you
all I have felt upon the loʃs ofupon the afflicting loʃs of Dr. P Octavius, or to mention what
I am sensible you must have undergonedone.
I only am desirious of knowing how
You are, & of aʃsuring you that my
sentiments & my Affection for
You remain the same -- it is in
the hour of affliction that we
know how sincerelymuch we are attach'd
to a to persons for whom we have
with sincerity profeʃsed affection --
--- though different circumstances
may have apparently disunited them --
I am as truly thoughtful to the Almigh
My best Co tenderest Compliments,
of condolance attend M dear Made-
-moiselle Moula & Mrs: Cheveley
for I well know what how exquisitely
they must have suffered!
To hear that you & they have not
suffered in health will be a very
sincere satisfaction to
Your Affectionate
Mary Hamilton
4th. May 1783
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Normalised Text
My Dearest Miss Goldsworthy
I do not write to tell you
all I have felt upon the afflicting loss of Dear Prince Octavius, or to mention what
I am sensible you must have undergone.
I only am desirous of knowing how
You are, & of assuring you that my
sentiments & my Affection for
You remain the same -- it is in
the hour of affliction that we
know how much we are attached
to persons for whom we have
with sincerity professed affection --
though different circumstances
may have apparently disunited them --
My tenderest Compliments,
of condolence attend dear Mademoiselle
Moula & Mrs: Cheveley
for I well know how exquisitely
they must have suffered!
To hear that you & they have not
suffered in health will be a very
sincere satisfaction to
Your Affectionate
Mary Hamilton
4th. May 1783
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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 Mary Hamilton to Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
Shelfmark: HAM/1/14/91
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 4 May 1783
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary Hamilton to Martha Carolina Goldsworthy, concerning the
death of Prince Octavius.
Original reference No. 66.
Length: 1 sheet, 138 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).
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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 16 September 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: 19 December 2021