Diplomatic Text
Stanhope Street
Monday. 14th Febry
1780
Your kind reception
of the flowers my dear gave
me much pleasure; as I
think it a proof of yr
kind regard for the maker.
We can not go to you
on Wednesday, but if you
will admit me to: morrow
morning I will be with
you at the usual hour.
Our dr Mrs Carter has been
so ill as to be let blood
since we saw you. She is
better, but whether she
will be well enough to go
to you to: morrow is uncertain
If you receive us she will
come if she can. I am
glad you come on Thursday.
Adieu
Yrs Affectly
M. Sharpe.
I will send at
9 to: morrow morning
to know yr pleasure.
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Normalised Text
Stanhope Street
Monday.
Your kind reception
of the flowers my dear gave
me much pleasure; as I
think it a proof of your
kind regard for the maker.
We can not go to you
on Wednesday, but if you
will admit me to: morrow
morning I will be with
you at the usual hour.
Our dear Mrs Carter has been
so ill as to be let blood
since we saw you. She is
better, but whether she
will be well enough to go
to you to: morrow is uncertain
If you receive us she will
come if she can. I am
glad you come on Thursday.
Adieu
Yours Affectionately
Mary Sharpe.
I will send at
9 to: morrow morning
to know your pleasure.
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Mary Sharpe (later Beauvoir) to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/22/19
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Beauvoir (née Sharpe, later Douglas)
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: to be determined
Date sent: 14 February 1780
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Mary Sharpe to Mary Hamilton. Sharpe writes arranging to call on Hamilton. Mrs Carter is still very ill but will also call on Hamilton if she is able.
Dated at Stanhope Street, [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 123 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: XML version first created without transcription as part of project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers', funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council under grant AH/S007121/1. Transcription added after the funded period under the supervision of David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Transliterator: Pete Morris, Artificial Intelligence and Ideas Adoption (AIIA), The University of Manchester Library (Plain text transliteration submitted 22 May 2025)
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: 7 April 2026
