Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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HAM/1/16/9

Note from Lady Frances Harpur (née Greville) to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


My dear Miʃs Hamilton
      I am afraid you will think Me very
Whimsical, but If Friday will be as agreable
to you; It will suit Me Much Better to go
that Day to Wandsworth Hill, but pray Answer
Me fairly, as I can go on Thursday -- I am
very glad the Interview is over; I was Sure
your apprehensions would soon vanish; --
Robt. is very provoking I Shall give Him
your Meʃsage; -- ever yrs. Most Affecly --
                             Frances Harpur


Tuesday Evening
      24th- Decbr- 1782[1]

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Notes


 1. Date overwritten on top of date written in pencil.

Normalised Text


My dear Miss Hamilton
      I am afraid you will think Me very
Whimsical, but If Friday will be as agreeable
to you; It will suit Me Much Better to go
that Day to Wandsworth Hill, but pray Answer
Me fairly, as I can go on Thursday -- I am
very glad the Interview is over; I was Sure
your apprehensions would soon vanish; --
Robert is very provoking I Shall give Him
your Message; -- ever yours Most Affectionately --
                             Frances Harpur


Tuesday Evening
     

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 1. Date overwritten on top of date written in pencil.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Note from Lady Frances Harpur (née Greville) to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/16/9

Correspondence Details

Sender: Frances Elizabeth Harpur (née Greville)

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 24 December 1782

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Lady Frances Harpur to Mary Hamilton. She writes regarding a visit and to note that she is glad that the interview is over (see HAM/1/16/8) and is sure that her 'apprehensions would soon vanish'.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 80 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: Isabella Gerd Margareta Lindström, MA student, Uppsala University (submitted 12 July 2022)

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: 9 June 2023

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