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HAM/1/14/96

Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


Tho' holding a Pen is most
painful to me as I have
a third Blister on my Chest
yet I can not my dr Friend
refuse myself the pleasure
of thankg you, for yr kind
Note of yesterday, I hope
I am recovering but indeed I
have been very ill, & as you
may imagine very weak with
all the discipline I have
gone through -- Adieu
my dst to hear that you



are well & happy will
ever be a sincere pleasure
to yr
                             Affte
                             MCGoldsworthy

Tuesday9th. Decbr. 1783

Mlle Che Che[1] send
their love --



[2]




                                                         [3]



[4]

Miss Hamilton
Bullstrode



                                                         [5]

Goldsworthy

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Notes


 1. Presumably Mademoiselle & Che Che.
 2. The right-hand side of the page is blank.
 3. Remains of a seal, in red wax, at the bottom right of the page.
 4. Remains of a seal, in red wax, in the top-right corner of the page.
 5. Remains of a seal, in red wax, in the bottom-right corner of the page.

Normalised Text


Though holding a Pen is most
painful to me as I have
a third Blister on my Chest
yet I can not my dear Friend
refuse myself the pleasure
of thanking you, for your kind
Note of yesterday, I hope
I am recovering but indeed I
have been very ill, & as you
may imagine very weak with
all the discipline I have
gone through -- Adieu
my dearest to hear that you



are well & happy will
ever be a sincere pleasure
to your
                             Affectionate
                             Martha Carolina Goldsworthy

Tuesday

Mademoiselle Che Che send
their love --








                                                        





Miss Hamilton
Bullstrode



                                                        

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 1. Presumably Mademoiselle & Che Che.
 2. The right-hand side of the page is blank.
 3. Remains of a seal, in red wax, at the bottom right of the page.
 4. Remains of a seal, in red wax, in the top-right corner of the page.
 5. Remains of a seal, in red wax, in the bottom-right corner of the page.

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/1/14/96

Correspondence Details

Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: Gerrards Cross

Date sent: 9 December 1783

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton, thanking Hamilton for her note. Goldsworthy believes herself to be recovering but notes that she has been very ill.
    Original reference No. 71.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 98 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 2 October 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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