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HAM/1/15/2/30

Incomplete journal-letter from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning

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27

[1]could form no judgment -- Their exterior
was not favorable. at least they would
not shine in a fine Ladys drawing Room
Mr. Montagu was attentive, polite, yet
silent & took no part in conversation.
his Tutor -- I could make nothing off --
his countenance said nothing, & I
did not hear ye. sound of his voice.
I left them at 8 & return'd home
I found a sober Whist party, at wch.
my amiable friend Mrs. Jackson aʃsisted
-- After Supper I enjoy'd a long tête
a tête -- ye. Subject was America


as I intend continuing to write in
this Manner keep these scrawls
it will serve sometime hence
to recall past days & furnish
us subjects of conversation[2]
      God Bleʃs You my friend


I recd Your letter directed here

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Notes


 1. The beginning of the note is missing.
 2. See also HAM/1/15/2/4(3).

Normalised Text



could form no judgement -- Their exterior
was not favourable. at least they would
not shine in a fine Ladys drawing Room
Mr. Montagu was attentive, polite, yet
silent & took no part in conversation.
his Tutor -- I could make nothing of --
his countenance said nothing, & I
did not hear the sound of his voice.
I left them at 8 & returned home
I found a sober Whist party, at which
my amiable friend Mrs. Jackson assisted
-- After Supper I enjoyed a long tête
a tête -- the Subject was America


as I intend continuing to write in
this Manner keep these scrawls
it will serve sometime hence
to recall past days & furnish
us subjects of conversation
      God Bless You my friend


I received Your letter directed here

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 1. The beginning of the note is missing.
 2. See also HAM/1/15/2/4(3).

Metadata

Library References

Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Incomplete journal-letter from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning

Shelfmark: HAM/1/15/2/30

Correspondence Details

Sender: Mary Hamilton

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)

Place received: unknown

Date sent: May 1780
when May 1780 (precision: medium)

Letter Description

Summary: Incomplete journal-letter from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning relating to an engagement at a party in which Mr Montagu was 'attentive' but she could make nothing of his tutor's 'countenance'. Hamilton writes that she will continue 'to write in this manner [and] keep these journals [as] it will serve sometime hence to recall past days'.
    Original reference No. 27
   

Length: 1 sheet, 128 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 9 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: 29 December 2023

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