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24 May 1781
I think it very long since we
have met & am sorry my
Dr. friend I did not see You
& Sr. R. yesterday when you
call'd -- I had been so extremely
fatigued by the Ball & had
not shut my Eyes for so many
hours that I was lain down
& just fallen asleep when I
heard some one trying to
open my door -- I awoke in
a fright & had not at
first recollection enough to
know it was Yor voice --
will you come to me tomorrow
Morng.? I imagine Sir R.
will set out early therefore
you can come to me before
I go to ye Q:H:
My best Compts. to him &
your Sister, they have my
sincere good wishes for
health & every poʃsible
happineʃs --
Adieu[1][2]
tickets --
write to Bell -- Miʃs Ham——
send Letr: to Bell -- black had
[3]Honble.
Miʃs Gunning
[4]
[5]
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Notes
1. The bottom right of this page is cut away.
2. The back of HAM/1/15/2/14(2) is visible below this note.
3. This appears at the bottom left of the page.
4. Part of the address is not visible here as HAM/1/15/2/14(2) p.1 is pasted over it, but can be seen in full on HAM/1/15/2/14 p.3.
5. The second column of this page is blank. HAM/1/15/2/14(2) p.1 is covering most of it.
Normalised Text
24 May 1781
I think it very long since we
have met & am sorry my
Dear friend I did not see You
& Sir Robert yesterday when you
called -- I had been so extremely
fatigued by the Ball & had
not shut my Eyes for so many
hours that I was lain down
& just fallen asleep when I
heard some one trying to
open my door -- I awoke in
a fright & had not at
first recollection enough to
know it was Your voice --
will you come to me tomorrow
Morning? I imagine Sir Robert
will set out early therefore
you can come to me before
I go to the Queen's House
My best Compliments to him &
your Sister, they have my
sincere good wishes for
health & every possible
happiness --
Adieu
Honourable
Miss 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 Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning
Shelfmark: HAM/1/15/2/14(1)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 24 May 1781
Letter Description
Summary: In this note from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Gunning, dated 24
May 1781, Hamilton apologises for not seeing Gunning when she called; she
was tired after the ball and went to her room and fell asleep. She asks
that Gunning call on her the following day.
Original reference No. 12.
Length: 1 sheet, 138 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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 7 October 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