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LWL Mss Vol. 75(26)

Anecdote of Mary Delany, recorded by Mary Hamilton

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      circumstance
Alluding to an anecdote wch Mrs. D used to relate
with great humor -- or when Mrs. D she was very young & lived with her
parents
Mother lived in Gloucesteshire, she had an invitation to
dine at a gentlemans house in ye. Neighbourhood wch her
Mother
allowed her to accept -- as there was to be company
she was very smartly dreʃsed, & as the road was too bad
for a Carriage, she was mounted on a Pillion behind a
steady old Domestic
. -- on their way they met a a pack of Hounds
Miʃs Granville was enchanted -- the mettle of the Horse was roused &
------ old John was easily prevaild on to join ye chace --
the consequence was the Lutestring slip was rent in
many places, the smart shoes lost, & the Hat streamers
blown over the Hills & far away.
but alas! after joy comes sorrow, she kept the dinner
waiting -- & dreaded returning home in her tattered
Garments -- Mrs. Granville reproved her severely &
This unfortunate Chace cost many penitential tears[3]



14 Nov: 81[4]


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 1. This anecdote appears in Llanover (1862: 67-68).
 2. This document details an anecdote referred to in Mary Delany's letter to Mary Hamilton of 14 November 1781, LWL Mss Vol. 75(25).
 3. An additional note to this story can be found in Llanover (1862: 68), who remembers her mother telling the same story.
 4. This annotation is written upside down at the bottom left margin of the page.
 5. This page is blank.

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      circumstance
Alluding to an anecdote which Mrs. Delany used to relate
with great humour -- or when Mrs. Delany she was young & lived with her
parents in Gloucesteshire, she had an invitation to
dine at a gentlemans house in the Neighbourhood which her
Mother allowed her to accept -- as there was to be company
she was very smartly dressed, & as the road was too bad
for a Carriage, she was mounted on a Pillion behind a
steady old Domestic. -- on their way they met a pack of Hounds
Miss Granville was enchanted -- the mettle of the Horse was roused &
old John was easily prevailed on to join the chase --
the consequence was the Lutestring slip was rent in
many places, the smart shoes lost, & the Hat streamers
blown over the Hills & far away.
but alas! after joy comes sorrow, she kept the dinner
waiting -- & dreaded returning home in her tattered
Garments -- Mrs. Granville reproved her severely &
This unfortunate Chase cost many penitential tears








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 1. This anecdote appears in Llanover (1862: 67-68).
 2. This document details an anecdote referred to in Mary Delany's letter to Mary Hamilton of 14 November 1781, LWL Mss Vol. 75(25).
 3. An additional note to this story can be found in Llanover (1862: 68), who remembers her mother telling the same story.
 4. This annotation is written upside down at the bottom left margin of the page.
 5. This page is blank.

Metadata

Library References

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

Archive: Mrs. Delany correspondence

Item title: Anecdote of Mary Delany, recorded by Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: LWL Mss Vol. 75(26)

Document Details

Author: Mary Hamilton

Date: 14 November 1781

Summary: An anecdote, recorded by Mary Hamilton, which relates to an event involving a carriage, a pack of hounds, and a chase from a time when Mrs. Delany was younger & still lived with her parents in Gloucesteshire.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 169 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 19 January 2021)

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Revision date: 23 December 2021

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