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Schaw Park June 10th 1773.
My Dear Miʃs Hamiltons obligeing Letter gave me
the greatest Pleasure -- . doubly so, as the lenth of yr Sillence
led me to fear you was tired of so Stupid a Correspondant
I'm sorry you turned what I told you of my buʃsied Sit=
=uation so much to my disadvantage as to deprive me
of the pleasure of hearing how you & Mrs Hamilton
do. I have always leisure to read & be pleas'd with yr
Letters though I told you fairly my Inability of being at
all times a punctual Correspondant but I own when
I did so, I was in hopes of procureing yr Indulgence
for these Irregularity's when they did happen -- but
by no means intended depriveing myself of that Pleasure
yr Letters never faill to give me. I have many thanks
to return Mrs Hamilton & you for all yr Goodneʃs
to; & attention for my Lord: bellieve me we are both
gratefuly Sensible of it. I wish he had prevailled
with Mrs Hamilton & you to have gone to Buxton --
I am certain it would have been of use to her
Health & would have made him very Happy -- I am
very glad you tell me she is so much better both
of you may Ever depend upon my best Wishes for
yr Health & Happineʃs in all respects! pray wt
is become of poor Miʃs Litchfield? of whom neither
my Lord nor you mentions one Word -- . if at Northampton
Northampton pray make my best compts: acceptable to her --
I came here with my Br: the 1st of this Month & am very
Happy with him & his familly, as fine a one as you
ever saw:[1] this place too is dellightfull I shall remain
here till within a few days of my Lords return when
I shall meet him at Edr: this I imagine will be the 28th or 29th
mean time when you write be so good as to direct to me
under my Brs:s Cover at Schaw Park by Alloa part of yr
young friends are here with me the rest are well
at home[2] all of them much yours, & yr Mamma's they join
with my Br: & me & every part of this familly in Affect:
compts: to you & Mrs Hamilton I ever am my Dear Miʃs
Hamiltons most Affectionate & most Humble Servant
M A Napier
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Schaw Park June 10th 1773.
My Dear Miss Hamiltons obliging Letter gave me
the greatest Pleasure -- . doubly so, as the length of your Silence
led me to fear you was tired of so Stupid a Correspondent
I'm sorry you turned what I told you of my busied Situation
so much to my disadvantage as to deprive me
of the pleasure of hearing how you & Mrs Hamilton
do. I have always leisure to read & be pleased with your
Letters though I told you fairly my Inability of being at
all times a punctual Correspondent but I own when
I did so, I was in hopes of procuring your Indulgence
for these Irregularity's when they did happen -- but
by no means intended depriving myself of that Pleasure
your Letters never fail to give me. I have many thanks
to return Mrs Hamilton & you for all your Goodness
to; & attention for my Lord: believe me we are both
gratefully Sensible of it. I wish he had prevailed
with Mrs Hamilton & you to have gone to Buxton --
I am certain it would have been of use to her
Health & would have made him very Happy -- I am
very glad you tell me she is so much better both
of you may Ever depend upon my best Wishes for
your Health & Happiness in all respects! pray what
is become of poor Miss Litchfield? of whom neither
my Lord nor you mentions one Word -- . if at
Northampton pray make my best compliments acceptable to her --
I came here with my Brother the 1st of this Month & am very
Happy with him & his family, as fine a one as you
ever saw: this place too is delightful I shall remain
here till within a few days of my Lords return when
I shall meet him at Edinburgh this I imagine will be the 28th or 29th
mean time when you write be so good as to direct to me
under my Brothers Cover at Schaw Park by Alloa part of your
young friends are here with me the rest are well
at home all of them much yours, & your Mamma's they join
with my Brother & me & every part of this family in Affectionate
compliments to you & Mrs Hamilton I ever am my Dear Miss
Hamiltons most Affectionate & most Humble Servant
Mary Anne 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 Lady Mary Anne Napier to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/19/47
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Mary Anne Napier (née Cathcart)
Place sent: Alloa
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 10 June 1773
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lady Mary Anne Napier to Mary Hamilton, conveying general news.
She wishes that Hamilton’s mother could have been persuaded to visit Buxton
as the waters would have been beneficial to her and William Napier would
have been glad of her company.
Length: 1 sheet, 400 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 2 September 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