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HAM/1/15/2/20(4)

Note from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning

Diplomatic Text


Novr 1781

      Tuesday eveg. I promised to call on W—— Morng.
& meant to have done so -- but I was sent for
unexpectedly to ye. Q House before my time --
I fear my love I cannot come to you this
Morng. I have must go to Ldy. C Peachey
-- will you come to me tomorrow to meet
Ldy. Wake Mrs. Carter &c (at 11 oClock.)
I have not forgot our engagement to Mrs W——
      Adieu my Dr. Dr. Friend
                             M. H.
tell Sr. Robert
Mrs. Chambers is engaged
to another place[1]
Novr 1781[2]
Novr 1781[3]


Nov=
1781[4]

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Notes


 1. The postscript appears to the left of the closer and signature.
 2. This annotation is written vertically in the right-hand margin of the page.
 3. This annotation is written diagonally to the right of the signature.
 4. The back of the note is unfortunately not visible on the image due to how the note collection was pasted together.

Normalised Text



      Tuesday evening I promised to call on Wednesday Morning
& meant to have done so -- but I was sent for
unexpectedly to the Queen House before my time --
I fear my love I cannot come to you this
Morning I must go to Lady Caroline Peachey
-- will you come to me tomorrow to meet
Lady Wake Mrs. Carter &c (at 11 o'Clock.)
I have not forgotten our engagement to Mrs Walsingham
      Adieu my Dear Dear Friend
                             Mary Hamilton
tell Sir Robert
Mrs. Chambers is engaged
to another place




November
1781

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 1. The postscript appears to the left of the closer and signature.
 2. This annotation is written vertically in the right-hand margin of the page.
 3. This annotation is written diagonally to the right of the signature.
 4. The back of the note is unfortunately not visible on the image due to how the note collection was pasted together.

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/1/15/2/20(4)

Correspondence Details

Sender: Mary Hamilton

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)

Place received: unknown

Date sent: November 1781

Letter Description

Summary: This note is dated November 1781 and is concerned with arranging a meeting.
    Original reference No. 17.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 90 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 14 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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