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HAM/1/15/2/14(2)

Note from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning

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                                                         29th. May 1781
My Dear Love -- at ½ past 9 oClock this Eveg. I
sent to let Yo. know I could come & sit with you
till You went to Bed -- but none of yor. people
were at home -- I feel quite comforted about
Dear Bell for I sent twice this afternoon &
both times Sr R. sent me word she was much
better. -- I hope too my Dearest that your head
ach went off otherwise I do not think Yo. wd.
have been from home -- I wish to see You in
the Morng. before I go to ye. Q:H: I cannot so
easily gone to you as I must dreʃs in the Morng



for the whole day -- I dine wth. Mr- Glover & it
is my Night in waiting -- God Bleʃs You, Good Night
                             My Dear Dear friend.
                                   Miranda



                                                         [1]
                                                         Honble. Miʃs Gunning
29th May 1781[2]

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 1. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
 2. This is written vertically on the left margin at the bottom of the page.

Normalised Text


                                                         29th. May 1781
My Dear Love -- at ½ past 9 o'clock this Evening I
sent to let You know I could come & sit with you
till You went to Bed -- but none of your people
were at home -- I feel quite comforted about
Dear Bell for I sent twice this afternoon &
both times Sir Robert sent me word she was much
better. -- I hope too my Dearest that your head
ache went off otherwise I do not think You would
have been from home -- I wish to see You in
the Morning before I go to the Queen's House I cannot so
easily go to you as I must dress in the Morning



for the whole day -- I dine with Mr- Glover & it
is my Night in waiting -- God Bless You, Good Night
                             My Dear Dear friend.
                                   Miranda



                                                        
                                                         Honourable Miss Gunning
29th May 1781

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 1. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
 2. This is written vertically on the left margin at the bottom of the page.

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(2)

Correspondence Details

Sender: Mary Hamilton

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 29 May 1781

Letter Description

Summary: This note is dated 29 May 1781 and is concerned with Gunning's sister 'Bell'.
    Original reference No. 12.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 147 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

Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors

Revision date: 28 April 2023

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