Diplomatic Text
My dear, How is your cold? to day -- what a
diʃsappointment to me, your not coming yesterday --
I did not know it till I went to dinner. What an age
since we have met -- What have you been about -- I have
remained some Evenings with my Fr. whose spirits are
bad -- I think him otherwise very indifferent & this make
me very uneasy -- Bell too who is going to Almacks[1] & is
not so well as she ought to be, gives me much uneasineʃs.
I have been twice to the Play with the Queen -- once to the
Opera -- This is the Sum of my engagements since we met
Ly Straffords Death put off Ly Buckinghams -- so that we
went no further than Ly Somer's where we danced a few Dances
what do you do Sunday -- shall we meet after 8 -- I am engagd
till then -- come to me after Mr Pultenys
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Notes
1. Almack's was an exclusive club and assembly rooms on King Street which catered for the most fashionable members of society. See Jennifer Davey (2017) ‘Wearing the Breeches’? Almack’s, the Female Patroness, and Public Femininity c.1764–1848, Women's History Review 26:6, 822-839.
Normalised Text
My dear, How is your cold? to day -- what a
disappointment to me, your not coming yesterday --
I did not know it till I went to dinner. What an age
since we have met -- What have you been about -- I have
remained some Evenings with my Father whose spirits are
bad -- I think him otherwise very indifferent & this make
me very uneasy -- Bell too who is going to Almacks & is
not so well as she ought to be, gives me much uneasiness.
I have been twice to the Play with the Queen -- once to the
Opera -- This is the Sum of my engagements since we met
Lady Straffords Death put off Lady Buckinghams -- so that we
went no further than Lady Somer's where we danced a few Dances
what do you do Sunday -- shall we meet after 8 -- I am engaged
till then -- come to me after Mr Pultenys
Charlotte Margaret Gunning
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Charlotte Margaret Gunning to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/15/1/5(4)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 10 February 1785
Letter Description
Summary: In this note, dated 10 February 1785, Gunning asks after Hamilton's
health and is sad that she has not seen her for some time. She notes that she
has been to the theatre twice with the Queen and once to the opera.
Original reference No. 4.
Length: 1 sheet, 154 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 18 September 2020)
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Revision date: 28 April 2023