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HAM/1/19/14

Letter from Mary Anne Napier to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text

[1]
      I was favour'd with my Dear Miʃs
Hamiltons second Letter late last night I
should have answerd yr first imeditly but
was so very Ill at the time I was incapable
of Writeing Your Second Letter schocked me greatly
at the same time alow me to hope every thing
may yet be Setled aimicably & to yr Wish
I sent imeditly on the Receipt of yours to Mr
Charles Browne Written to the Signet at his
House in Argyle  ------ Square with an Intention
to delliver yr Meʃsage but he is out of Town
(& they say) does not return for some days but
as at present no Court of Law is sitting it
makes his comeing rather precotious. for which
reason you should get Mrs Hamiltons Man of
Law to write to him yr orders as they understand
one another's stille better than ones unacquainted
with these things; consequently are fittest to be
employ'd in all Law affairs -- but you had best
lose no time. Mrs Hamilton & you do me but justice


in bellieveing me yr very Sinceare friend & that
I most heartily Sympathize with you both! excuse
a short Letter I realy am very Ill but much
yours: do write as often & fully as you please
it will ever be Agreeable -- Accept Mr Napiers
& the Young folks best wishes for yourself & Mrs
Hamilton as well as those of your ever Affect
&c &c &c &c
                                                         M A Napier

I hope soon to hear that
both yr Mamma & you are
better

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Notes


 1. This letter is catalogued out of sequence. It probably belongs chronologically between HAM/1/19/10, when Mrs Napier first reacted to the reported death of Charles Hamilton, and HAM/1/19/11, when she successfully makes contact with Mr Browne.

Normalised Text


      I was favoured with my Dear Miss
Hamiltons second Letter late last night I
should have answered your first immediately but
was so very Ill at the time I was incapable
of Writing Your Second Letter shocked me greatly
at the same time allow me to hope every thing
may yet be Settled amicably & to your Wish
I sent immediately on the Receipt of yours to Mr
Charles Browne Written to the Signet at his
House in Argyle Square with an Intention
to deliver your Message but he is out of Town
(& they say) does not return for some days but
as at present no Court of Law is sitting it
makes his coming rather precocious. for which
reason you should get Mrs Hamiltons Man of
Law to write to him your orders as they understand
one another's style better than ones unacquainted
with these things; consequently are fittest to be
employed in all Law affairs -- but you had best
lose no time. Mrs Hamilton & you do me but justice


in believing me your very Sincere friend & that
I most heartily Sympathize with you both! excuse
a short Letter I really am very Ill but much
yours: do write as often & fully as you please
it will ever be Agreeable -- Accept Mr Napiers
& the Young folks best wishes for yourself & Mrs
Hamilton as well as those of your ever Affectionate
&c &c &c &c
                                                         Mary Anne Napier

I hope soon to hear that
both your Mamma & you are
better

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 1. This letter is catalogued out of sequence. It probably belongs chronologically between HAM/1/19/10, when Mrs Napier first reacted to the reported death of Charles Hamilton, and HAM/1/19/11, when she successfully makes contact with Mr Browne.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Mary Anne Napier to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/19/14

Correspondence Details

Sender: Lady Mary Anne Napier (née Cathcart)

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: Northampton (certainty: low)

Date sent: between 21 September and 10 October 1771
notBefore 21 September 1771 (precision: high)
notAfter 21 October 1771 (precision: medium)

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Mary Anne Napier [later Lady Napier] to Mary Hamilton, relating to financial matters arising from the death of Charles Hamilton. There seems to be some query with regards to her father’s legacy and Napier attempts to aid her but suggests that Mrs Hamilton’s ‘man of Law’ should be asked to help her.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 257 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 28 August 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: 2 November 2021

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