Diplomatic Text
36
1783
Very Sincerely do I rejoyce with
You my dear Friend on the Recovery of
Lady Wake. As Lady Dartrey tells me you
are to be in Town to morrow, I direct my
Letter to Clarges Street. pray take Care of
your Self on the first Change of Air: &
take every prudent Method to avoid this
Wretched Epidemical disorder, which attacks
People with different Symptoms. I am I
thank God bett much better than I was:
but yet by no means well, & have such
Strange Pains in my Face, that I know
not what to make of.
What are your Schemes for the
Summer? If you have any favorable In
tentions towards Deal, I am in Hopes I
can get a very creditable Room for you
upon easy Terms. The House is but
2 doors from my own: & you shall share
My little dinner every Day, except perhaps some
few Times, when I go to my Sister. Do let me
know: for if you can fix upon any Time I
will secure the Lodging for you, which is
very desirable for being so near: & the
Mistreʃs of the House is one on Whom I can
depend, for your being lodged very cleanly
& quietly.
Adieu. My Head is in such a
State that writing is very uneasy to
me & I can only add most affectionately
Your's
EC.
Deal June 6. 1783
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Very Sincerely do I rejoice with
You my dear Friend on the Recovery of
Lady Wake. As Lady Dartrey tells me you
are to be in Town to morrow, I direct my
Letter to Clarges Street. pray take Care of
your Self on the first Change of Air: &
take every prudent Method to avoid this
Wretched Epidemical disorder, which attacks
People with different Symptoms. I am I
thank God much better than I was:
but yet by no means well, & have such
Strange Pains in my Face, that I know
not what to make of.
What are your Schemes for the
Summer? If you have any favourable Intentions
towards Deal, I am in Hopes I
can get a very creditable Room for you
upon easy Terms. The House is but
2 doors from my own: & you shall share
My little dinner every Day, except perhaps some
few Times, when I go to my Sister. Do let me
know: for if you can fix upon any Time I
will secure the Lodging for you, which is
very desirable for being so near: & the
Mistress of the House is one on Whom I can
depend, for your being lodged very cleanly
& quietly.
Adieu. My Head is in such a
State that writing is very uneasy to
me & I can only add most affectionately
Your's
Elizabeth Carter
Deal June 6. 1783
Miss Hamilton
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: Houghton Library Repository, Harvard University
Archive: Elizabeth Carter and Hannah More letters to Mary Hamilton
Item title: Letter from Elizabeth Carter to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: MS Eng 1778 36
Correspondence Details
Sender: Elizabeth Carter
Place sent: Deal
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 6 June 1783
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Elizabeth Carter to Mary Hamilton. Carter warns Hamilton to take care to avoid the current epidemic. She tells her that if she wishes to visit Deal in the summer, there are convenient lodgings to be reserved just two doors from Carter's own house.
Original entry in Houghton Library catalogue: Carter, Elizabeth, 1717-1806. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to Mary Hamilton; Deal, 1783 June 6.
Length: 2 sheets, 000 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 26 February 2026)
Cataloguer: Bonnie B. Salt, Archivist, Houghton Library
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Revision date: 25 September 2026
