HAM/1/19/37
Letter from William Napier (later 7th Lord Napier) to Mary Hamilton
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18th- 18[1]
Canterbury March 28th- 1773
I got yours My dearest Mary of the 27th instant last
night which has given me the greatest con=
cern imaginable & shall be most anxious
till I hear Mrs Hamilton is out of danger
and I charge you to take care of yr own health
at the ʃame time as you may hurt it wt-
out doing your Mama any good, a Daughters
anxiety & care to nurse her Mother is natural
usefull, & right but the more care she can take
of herself the more uʃefull she will be to her
friends. write ʃoon & I beg you may not
stand on anʃwers as I should be glad to
have two lines every post just to ʃay
how she is -- you may be ʃure you have
my Prayers joined to yours for her
happy recovery & believe me this
knowledge of it will give me great
pleaʃure & God grant it may be ʃoon
& I am in hopes a daughters fears may
may have made you more apprehendʃive
than otherwise you would have been
had it been another perʃon. I beg Pardon
I shall not take the Alarm again so ʃoon
about attachments but my regard for My
Dearest Girl was the occaʃion of it, but
had I conʃidered yr good ʃense a moment
I might have ʃafed myʃelf much uneaʃineʃs.
I inclose the only two franks I have to myʃelf
to you, please send the altered one first
Adieu My dearest Ward I am just going my
ride but would not let this post slip wt
out writing a few lines, believe me yours
most affctly- W. N --
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Canterbury March 28th- 1773
I got yours My dearest Mary of the 27th instant last
night which has given me the greatest concern
imaginable & shall be most anxious
till I hear Mrs Hamilton is out of danger
and I charge you to take care of your own health
at the same time as you may hurt it without
doing your Mama any good, a Daughters
anxiety & care to nurse her Mother is natural
useful, & right but the more care she can take
of herself the more useful she will be to her
friends. write soon & I beg you may not
stand on answers as I should be glad to
have two lines every post just to say
how she is -- you may be sure you have
my Prayers joined to yours for her
happy recovery & believe me this
knowledge of it will give me great
pleasure & God grant it may be soon
& I am in hopes a daughters fears
may have made you more apprehensive
than otherwise you would have been
had it been another person. I beg Pardon
I shall not take the Alarm again so soon
about attachments but my regard for My
Dearest Girl was the occasion of it, but
had I considered your good sense a moment
I might have saved myself much uneasiness.
I enclose the only two franks I have to myself
to you, please send the altered one first
Adieu My dearest Ward I am just going my
ride but would not let this post slip without
writing a few lines, believe me yours
most affectionately William Napier --
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from William Napier (later 7th Lord Napier) to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/19/37
Correspondence Details
Sender: William Napier, 7th Lord
Place sent: Canterbury
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 28 March 1773
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from William Napier [later 7th Lord Napier] to Mary Hamilton,
expressing his concern over the dangerous condition of Hamilton's mother's
health. He asks for news and for Hamilton to take care of her own health.
Dated at Canterbury.
Length: 1 sheet, 271 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 21 August 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: 2 November 2021