Diplomatic Text
Windsor Wednesday Morng
14 Novbr. 1780
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Her Majesty ordered me to addreʃs you my Dear
Madam as she imagined ye. Ducheʃs Dr. of Portland
might not be out of her RoomChamber when this would arrived at
Bulstrode, & she wish'd to prevent her Grace giving
any orders for her Carriage this Morng to bring her
to Windsor, as Ldy. Courtown inform'd ye Queen the
Ducheʃs intended coming -- The King wishes to
meet so much to have ye. pleasure of seeing her
Grace & his Dear Mrs. Delany (his own expreʃsion
I aʃsure you) that he desires you will postpone coming
till Thursday Afternoon, when their Majesties hope
to see you both at 8 oClock, they desire to know how the
Dʃs. bore her early rising, & Your the fatigue of going
out. I have not time to tell you all ye. fine things
said of You both -- but my heart aʃsented warmly
most tenderly & Affectionately Yrs
Mry: Hamilton
The Queen wishes to have ye. proper title of ye. Abridgement
of ye. History of England -- the Book saw Yesterday. wth.
ye. Dʃs.'s Maiden name wrote in it.
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Normalised Text
Windsor Wednesday Morning
14 November 1780
Her Majesty ordered me to address you my Dear
Madam as she imagined the Duchess Dowager of Portland
might not be out of her Chamber when this would arrive at
Bulstrode, & she wished to prevent her Grace giving
any orders for her Carriage this Morning to bring her
to Windsor, as Lady Courtown informed the Queen the
Duchess intended coming -- The King wishes
so much to have the pleasure of seeing her
Grace & his Dear Mrs. Delany (his own expression
I assure you) that he desires you will postpone coming
till Thursday Afternoon, when their Majesties hope
to see you both at 8 o'Clock, they desire to know how the
Duchess bore her early rising, & You the fatigue of going
out. I have not time to tell you all the fine things
said of You both -- but my heart assented warmly
most tenderly & Affectionately Yours
Mary Hamilton
The Queen wishes to have the proper title of the Abridgement
of the History of England -- the Book saw Yesterday. with
the Duchess's Maiden name written in it.
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
Archive: Mrs. Delany correspondence
Item title: Copy of letter from Mary Hamilton to Mary Delany
Shelfmark: LWL Mss Vol. 75(23)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: Windsor
Addressee: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville
Place received: Gerrards Cross
Date sent: 14 November 1780
Letter Description
Summary: Copy of letter from Mary Hamilton to Mary Delany, on behalf of the royal couple, in which Hamilton relates that the King and Queen wish to see Delany and the Duchess Dowager of Portland.
Length: 1 sheet, 185 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 18 January 2021)
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Revision date: 23 December 2021