Diplomatic Text
As to what you say respecting Osyiris[1] or rather
what you hear said -- it is in my opinion wrong
to detiremine -- for I should imagine ye. amuse-
ment he takes is absolutely neceʃsary -- his mind
wld. otherwise be oppreʃs'd, & After all perhaps
tis for the sake of his Children that he
promotes & enters into it.
I hear nothing of Public no date[2]
affairs but what you write to me for I
do not read the papers, & this is not a place to
get intelligence. Adieu[3]
[4]
[Ho]nble. Miʃs Gunning
Melsom Street
Bath
[5]
[6]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. On Osy(i)ris as a code name for the King, see also HAM/1/15/2/18 and GEO/ADD/3/82/59 p.1 n.2
2. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
3. The rest of the page has been cut away.
4. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
5. Remains of a Bishop mark, which reads '1.. NO', indicating that the date this letter likely went through the post was between 10 and 19 November. This, in combination with the fact that this note was pasted onto a letter dated 8 November 1779, lead us to think this note was probably sent between 8 and 19 November 1779. In addition, the address of Charlotte Margaret Gunning (Melsom Street in Bath) is the same as in HAM/1/15/2/2, which is dated 13 November 1779.
6. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
Normalised Text
As to what you say respecting Osyiris or rather
what you hear said -- it is in my opinion wrong
to determine -- for I should imagine the amusement
he takes is absolutely necessary -- his mind
would otherwise be oppressed, & After all perhaps
tis for the sake of his Children that he
promotes & enters into it.
I hear nothing of Public
affairs but what you write to me for I
do not read the papers, & this is not a place to
get intelligence. Adieu
Honourable Miss Gunning
Melsom Street
Bath
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: Note from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning
Shelfmark: HAM/1/15/2/1(2)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)
Place received: Bath
Date sent: between 8 November 1779 and 19 November 1779
notBefore 8 November 1779 (precision: medium)
notAfter 19 November 1779 (precision: medium)
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Gunning.
In the note (not dated), Hamilton writes on gossip [about the King].
Original reference No. 1.
Length: 1 sheet, 91 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: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 21 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: 28 April 2023