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I am too much obliged to my Dear Miʃs Ham[ilton]['s]
Anxiety not to write to her however realy unable to ------ [1]
yr Dear Guardian is still so Ill that I'm almost wore
out with distreʃs of Mind & body -- his Symptoms are
Complicated & take variety of turns he has the Aʃsistance
of two of our best Physicians who think he's getting
better but from the Nature of things his Recovery
can be but Slow. I fear with you he came here too
quick -- God knows we are apt to blame second causes
which are often Innocent. I wish I could say more
but cannot with truth Recovery must be gradual
but dont be Anxious for I cannot write often &
believe no news to be good News -- our best wishes
ever attend yr Mama & You be ever asured of My
Affect & that I ever am Sincearly Yours &c &c
M A Napier
Augst 11th 1773
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I am too much obliged to my Dear Miss Hamilton's
Anxiety not to write to her however really unable to ------
your Dear Guardian is still so Ill that I'm almost worn
out with distress of Mind & body -- his Symptoms are
Complicated & take variety of turns he has the Assistance
of two of our best Physicians who think he's getting
better but from the Nature of things his Recovery
can be but Slow. I fear with you he came here too
quick -- God knows we are apt to blame second causes
which are often Innocent. I wish I could say more
but cannot with truth Recovery must be gradual
but don't be Anxious for I cannot write often &
believe no news to be good News -- our best wishes
ever attend your Mama & You be ever assured of My
Affection & that I ever am Sincerely Yours &c &c
Mary Anne Napier
August 11th 1773
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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/1/19/53
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Mary Anne Napier (née Cathcart)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 11 August 1773
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lady Mary Anne Napier to Mary Hamilton. She advises Hamilton
that her guardian [William Napier] is still very ill, so much so that she
herself is almost worn out with 'distress of mind & body'. She notes
that he is suffering with a number of symptoms and is being treated by two
of the best physicians who believe he is getting better. Napier cannot write
often but advises Hamilton not to fear as she 'believes no news to be good
news'.
Length: 1 sheet, 157 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