Diplomatic Text
Mr. —— told me in one of the many interesting conversations
the late Mr. G. told me that
The King George ye 2d sent the Dk. of Devonshire to Mr. Pitt and
desired him to name his own terms[1] -- thatand such was the situation
of the Nation that it looked up to a Man of small fortune
and private birth, and wth. ye. exception of having married
Lord Temples Sister of no family alliance, he had also but confined to a small circle of
friends and acquaintance
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Notes
1. In Glover's account of the Devonshire-Pitt administration, copied out by Mary Hamilton, we read that in 1756 ‘the King gave way to Mr. Pitt. This circumstance is mentioned to shew the spirit of Pitt, as well as the little reliance there was to be had on ye- Duke of Devonshire’ (DDX 274/1 p.85).
Normalised Text
Mr. —— told me in one of the many interesting conversations
the late Mr. G. told me that
King George the 2d sent the Duke of Devonshire to Mr. Pitt and
desired him to name his own terms -- and such was the situation
of the Nation that it looked up to a Man of small fortune
and private birth, and with the exception of having married
Lord Temples Sister of no family alliance, he had also but a small circle of
friends and acquaintance
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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/1/15/2/28(2)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)
Place received: unknown
Date sent: not before December 1785
notBefore November 1785 (precision: low)
Letter Description
Summary: This undated note concerns a story of the King sending the Duke of
Devonshire to Mr Pitt and 'desired him to name his own terms and such was
the situation of the nation that it looked up to a man of small fortune
and private birth'.
Original reference No. 25.
Length: 1 sheet, 84 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 6 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: 8 June 2023