Diplomatic Text
Mrs Delany prests. her complimts. to
Miʃs Hamilton and hopes that Docr. Turton
has done her the justice to say how much she
shall esteem the favour of a visit from Miʃs Hamn:
and were she able wou'd acknowledge it in
person. Mrs. Delany flatters herself with the
hopes of seeing Miʃs Hamilton this morning
at any hour most agre̅able and convenient to her
between Eleven and two.
Tuesday Morng: 11th. Janry. 1780
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Normalised Text
Mrs Delany presents her compliments to
Miss Hamilton and hopes that Doctor Turton
has done her the justice to say how much she
shall esteem the favour of a visit from Miss Hamilton
and were she able would acknowledge it in
person. Mrs. Delany flatters herself with the
hopes of seeing Miss Hamilton this morning
at any hour most agreeable and convenient to her
between Eleven and two.
Tuesday Morning
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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(8)
Correspondence Details
Sender: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 11 January 1780
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, expressing the hope of 'seeing Miss Hamilton this morning at any hour'.
Length: 1 sheet, 70 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 11 January 2021)
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Revision date: 2 November 2021