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HAM/1/20/174

Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


                                                         Wilton Lodge
                                                            21st. June 1802




My Dear Sister,
      Three days ago, I wrote
you a long Letter, and directed it to
Leighton House, supposing that You
would have been at home again, before
this time. It will, of course, find you
out. Yesterday your Letter from Birch
Hall arrived here. As to your Miʃs, I
will never believe any reports of
her illneʃses, having been convinced,
by ocular demonstration, of the Absur-
dity of imagining that a person, so robust
as she is, can be in danger from Nervous
complaints. Pray, dont let your Old
Women Doctors terrify You, for I say
they are a parcel of Geese. Mr. Dickenson
Senr., I will not say so much for. At
his time of Life, a certain Event must
be looked for. I trust, however, that
Mr. D. Junr. will not suffer in his health
from his attention to his Father. Adieu.
All here join me in Love and best
wishes (although chiefly unknown) to You
and all your Concern. Ever My Dear Sister
                             Your Affecte. Brother
                                                         Napier


Hawick, Twenty First June 1802

[1]
      Mrs. Dickenson[2]
         Birch Hall
            Manchester
Napier.

[3]

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red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)


Notes


 1. Postmark ‘HAWICK’ in brown ink.
 2. Postmark in red ink, dated 23 June 1802.
 3. Seal, in black wax.

Normalised Text


                                                         Wilton Lodge
                                                            21st. June 1802




My Dear Sister,
      Three days ago, I wrote
you a long Letter, and directed it to
Leighton House, supposing that You
would have been at home again, before
this time. It will, of course, find you
out. Yesterday your Letter from Birch
Hall arrived here. As to your Miss, I
will never believe any reports of
her illnesses, having been convinced,
by ocular demonstration, of the Absurdity
 of imagining that a person, so robust
as she is, can be in danger from Nervous
complaints. Pray, don't let your Old
Women Doctors terrify You, for I say
they are a parcel of Geese. Mr. Dickenson
Senior, I will not say so much for. At
his time of Life, a certain Event must
be looked for. I trust, however, that
Mr. Dickenson Junior will not suffer in his health
from his attention to his Father. Adieu.
All here join me in Love and best
wishes (although chiefly unknown) to You
and all your Concern. Ever My Dear Sister
                             Your Affectionate Brother
                                                         Napier


Hawick, Twenty First June 1802


      Mrs. Dickenson
         Birch Hall
            Manchester
Napier.

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 1. Postmark ‘HAWICK’ in brown ink.
 2. Postmark in red ink, dated 23 June 1802.
 3. Seal, in black wax.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/20/174

Correspondence Details

Sender: Francis Scott Napier, 8th Lord

Place sent: Roxburghshire

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: Rusholme, near Manchester

Date sent: 21 June 1802

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, concerning Hamilton's family and Louise Dickenson's health.
    Dated at Wilton Lodge [Roxburghshire].
   

Length: 1 sheet, 186 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 1 December 2021)

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: 8 March 2022

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