Diplomatic Text
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27th: Decbr: 1780
Don't think me ungrateful
my Dear Miʃs Hamilton for
not acknowledging the very kind
favr. of yr. note I can give you
too substantial a reason -- that
I was not able to write tho truly
sensible of yr obliging attention.
when you can call I shall now
be Happy to see you & you will
much oblige yr Faithful
humble Sert
MDelany
I hope
Mrs: Goldsworthy is
better I don't send to her as
I think it woud be troublesome
The Dʃs Dr of Portlands cold is better
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Dr Turton has forbid my seeing more than --- 2 Friends in a
day, and still limits me to particulars
how I am flatter'd with her Majesty's condescending
approbation of my -- works![2] after such an honour
I must not give them a degradingrading Epithet[3]
Mrs Delany[4]
To
Miʃs Hamilton
St. James's Palace[5]
[6]
[7]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. This number is written vertically along the right margin of the page.
2. Possibly, Delany's cut-paper botanical pictures.
3. The second section of the post-script is written vertically in the left-hand column of the page.
4. This annotation appears vertically along the right margin of the page.
5. The address is written vertically in the centre of the page.
6. Remains of seal, in black wax.
7. The edges of previous letters in the series are visible in this image, but are not part of the document, and therefore have not been transcribed.
Normalised Text
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Don't think me ungrateful
my Dear Miss Hamilton for
not acknowledging the very kind
favour of your note I can give you
too substantial a reason -- that
I was not able to write though truly
sensible of your obliging attention.
when you can call I shall now
be Happy to see you & you will
much oblige your Faithful
humble Servant
Mary Delany
I hope
Mrs: Goldsworthy is
better I don't send to her as
I think it would be troublesome
The Duchess Dowager of Portlands cold is better
Dr Turton has forbidden my seeing more than 2 Friends in a
day, and still limits me to particulars
how I am flattered with her Majesty's condescending
approbation of my -- works! after such an honour
I must not give them a degrading Epithet
To
Miss Hamilton
St. James's Palace
quotations, spellings, uncorrected forms, split words, abbreviations, formatting)
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(5)
Correspondence Details
Sender: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 27 December 1780
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, updating her on Mrs Goldsworthy, the Duchess Dowager of Portland and Dr Turton, who forbids Delany from 'seeing more than 2 Friends in a day'.
Length: 1 sheet, 138 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 8 January 2021)
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Revision date: 2 November 2021