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
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
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
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/1/14/96
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)
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