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LWL Mss Vol. 75(12)

Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton

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My Dr Madm.
      I send for your inspection one of my Drawers
of Shells and wish most heartily I cou'd have brought
them; but I must content myself with the pleasant feel
of sending you a moments amusement you may keep
them as long as they can be of use to you knowing them
in safe hands I will send for them to morrow or
Wednesday wch ever day yu. name to the bearer
the mode of the trays I have found ansr. the purpose
better than any; I don't despair aʃsisting you in
the Work as I hope to improve wth. the season ever
      yr much oblig'd & affectte
                                                         MDelany
Monday 19 March 1781
don't trouble yrself to
write Mrs. Turton has been wth
me & aʃsures me yu are better
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                                                         Miʃs Hamilton

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Normalised Text


     
My Dear Madam
      I send for your inspection one of my Drawers
of Shells and wish most heartily I could have brought
them; but I must content myself with the pleasant feel
of sending you a moments amusement you may keep
them as long as they can be of use to you knowing them
in safe hands I will send for them to morrow or
Wednesday which ever day you name to the bearer
the mode of the trays I have found answer the purpose
better than any; I don't despair assisting you in
the Work as I hope to improve with the season ever
      your much obliged & affectionate
                                                         Mary Delany
Monday 19 March 1781
don't trouble yourself to
write Mrs. Turton has been wth
me & assures me you are better
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                                                         Miss Hamilton

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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(12)

Correspondence Details

Sender: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 19 March 1781

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, which was sent alongside one of Delany's 'Drawers of Shells' for Hamilton's inspection.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 135 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 13 January 2021)

Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors

Revision date: 2 November 2021

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