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13 Novr. 1780
I fear there is no hopes of my
succeeding in the request I am
going to make to you Dear Madam
as yr time is always so fully & so
happily employ'd. but if there is
a lucky moment you cou'd spare
me any time tomorrow Evening
and cou'd call upon me; or, Wednesday
any time before one, as I go out of
Town again that Day, it woud give
me the opportunity I so much
wish for, of seeing Dear Miʃs Hamn:
and acknowleging more particlularly
how sensible I am of her goodneʃs
and of telling her how Happy I
was yesterday morning --
I wish more particularly for tomorrow
Evening as the Dʃs Dr of Portland is very
desirous of being introduced to Miʃs
Hamilton by, -- her Affectte & most
obligd MDelany[2]
just going to Windsor
Sunday Morning[3]
To
Miʃs Hamilton
St. James's Palace[4]
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Notes
1. Seal in black wax remains intact.
2. This section is written upside down at the bottom of the page.
3. 13th November 1780 was a Monday, not Sunday. As the date at the top of the letter is in a different hand to the main body of the letter, it is possible that the discrepancy arises due to it being a received date, rather than a sent date.
4. The address has been moved here from the left-hand side of the page.
5. This page is blank.
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I fear there is no hopes of my
succeeding in the request I am
going to make to you Dear Madam
as your time is always so fully & so
happily employed. but if there is
a lucky moment you could spare
me any time tomorrow Evening
and could call upon me; or, Wednesday
any time before one, as I go out of
Town again that Day, it would give
me the opportunity I so much
wish for, of seeing Dear Miss Hamilton
and acknowledging more particularly
how sensible I am of her goodness
and of telling her how Happy I
was yesterday morning --
I wish more particularly for tomorrow
Evening as the Duchess Dowager of Portland is very
desirous of being introduced to Miss
Hamilton by, -- her Affectionate & most
obliged Mary Delany
just going to Windsor
Sunday Morning
To
Miss Hamilton
St. James's Palace
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
Archive: Mrs. Delany correspondence
Item title: Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: LWL Mss Vol. 75(2)
Correspondence Details
Sender: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville
Place sent: London (certainty: medium)
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 13 November 1780
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, expressing her desire to see Hamilton and telling her when she would be available for Hamilton to visit.
Length: 1 sheet, 146 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 7 January 2021)
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Revision date: 2 November 2021