Diplomatic Text
67
Kew House
8th May 1783
I did not my Dear Miʃs Hamilton
receive yr̅ kind Letter dated the 4h[1]
till this Moment half past two ye
8th (Thursday), which will account to
you for not having sooner thanked
you -- I do not doubt, knowing
the dear dear Angel, & loving those
who were about him but that you
must have felt severly, indeed I,
can not describe what I have & still
do suffer, & nothing but the healing
Hand of Providence can cure the
wound I have red, he is happy
& removed from a World he was too
good for to Everlasting Bliʃs, Mrs
Chevely & Mlle Moulá desire their
Love (the former has just red yr̅
Letter,) the latter desires I will
say how kindly she receives yr̅
friendly expreʃsions, indeed my Dr
we are all to be pitied, for the
Scene by its suddeneʃs was still
if poʃsible more severe. God Bleʃs
you & believe me Ever
most Affy
Yr.
M C Goldsworthy
pray enquire
where yr̅ Letter
was put into the Post, for it has really
vexed me exceedingly --
[2]
[3]
Miʃs Hamilton
No 27
Clarges Street
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. See HAM/1/14/91.
2. The top portion of this side of the page has been cut away. The rest of the page is blank.
3. Remains of a seal, in red wax. The right-hand side of this page is cut away, leaving the top half of p.2 visible.
Normalised Text
Kew House
8th May 1783
I did not my Dear Miss Hamilton
receive your kind Letter dated the 4h
till this Moment half past two the
8th (Thursday), which will account to
you for not having sooner thanked
you -- I do not doubt, knowing
the dear dear Angel, & loving those
who were about him but that you
must have felt severly, indeed I,
can not describe what I have & still
do suffer, & nothing but the healing
Hand of Providence can cure the
wound I have received, he is happy
& removed from a World he was too
good for to Everlasting Bliss, Mrs
Chevely & Mademoiselle Moulá desire their
Love (the former has just received your
Letter,) the latter desires I will
say how kindly she receives your
friendly expressions, indeed my Dear
we are all to be pitied, for the
Scene by its suddenness was still
if possible more severe. God Bless
you & believe me Ever
most Affectionately
Yours.
Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
pray enquire
where your Letter
was put into the Post, for it has really
vexed me exceedingly --
Miss Hamilton
No 27
Clarges Street
quotations, spellings, uncorrected forms, split words, abbreviations, formatting)
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/1/14/92
Correspondence Details
Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
Place sent: Kew
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 8 May 1783
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton, concerning the
death of Prince [Octavius]. She writes that she is suffering and 'nothing
but the healing hand of Providence' can aid her. He 'is happy & removed
from a World he was too good for to Everlasting Bliss'.
Dated at Kew House.
Original reference No. 67.
Length: 1 sheet, 190 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.
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