HAM/1/16/19
Note from Lady Frances Harpur (née Greville) to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
Dear Miʃs Hamilton
I am very sorry I had not the pleasure
of Your Company Yesterday Evening, I am seldom at
Home; as I have a few Friends to go to often; but
Since Friday -- I have not been Well; Which has
confined Me; but I am now so Much Better; that
I shd. go out today -- but that the Weather Is so
Cold -- on Friday -- I shall be Happy to see You;
& will send the Coach; for You; about ½ past Seven
O'clock; -- the Person who teaches Lady Stormont
to Draw, Is by Name Blackburn; He lives
at a Shoemakers N. 33. Upper Marybone Street;
as to His Terms, I cannot say -- but Believe It
Is 7sh- & 6d- or 5d. a Leʃson; but I am quite
Uncertain; -- I Hope My Work will please Mrs.
Delany -- I am Sorry there are so Many
Joinings, but It was owing to Knots in the
Worsted, Which I could not Help -- I am dear
Miʃs Hamilton ever Yrs. Affecly-
Frances Harpur
Wednesday Janry- 7th- 1784
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Normalised Text
Dear Miss Hamilton
I am very sorry I had not the pleasure
of Your Company Yesterday Evening, I am seldom at
Home; as I have a few Friends to go to often; but
Since Friday -- I have not been Well; Which has
confined Me; but I am now so Much Better; that
I should go out today -- but that the Weather Is so
Cold -- on Friday -- I shall be Happy to see You;
& will send the Coach; for You; about ½ past Seven
O'clock; -- the Person who teaches Lady Stormont
to Draw, Is by Name Blackburn; He lives
at a Shoemakers N. 33. Upper Marybone Street;
as to His Terms, I cannot say -- but Believe It
Is 7sh- & 6d- or 5d. a Lesson; but I am quite
Uncertain; -- I Hope My Work will please Mrs.
Delany -- I am Sorry there are so Many
Joinings, but It was owing to Knots in the
Worsted, Which I could not Help -- I am dear
Miss Hamilton ever Yours Affectionately
Frances Harpur
Wednesday 7-
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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/1/16/19
Correspondence Details
Sender: Frances Elizabeth Harpur (née Greville)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 7 January 1784
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Lady Frances Harpur to Mary Hamilton, inviting Hamilton to visit and writing with news of friends, including Mrs Delany.
Length: 1 sheet, 172 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: 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: Laura Peter, BA student, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (submitted 30 August 2022)
Transliterator: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 14 November 2022)
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: 2 December 2022