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18th Jany 1782
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My heart is too much interested
in this important Day[2] not to endeavr
to expreʃs some part of its sentiments, wch
overflow with for the Health & Happi
=neʃs forof her Majesty and most earnestly pray
our most great and amiable Queen
may long be Bleʃs'd as she Bleʃses
all those who have the felicity of belonging
to her -- I do indeed my Dr Miʃs H:
most sincerely congratulate you on
the return of this day I feel the cordial
and forget my infirmities or cou'd
nevernot have attempted writing so many
lines, one of which I cannot read Adieu
from Dear Mrs. Delany
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Notes
1. This note appears in Llanover (1862: 80).
2. Even though this was not the actual birthday of the Queen (which was 19 May), it was also celebrated on 18 January from 1762 onwards (cf. C.L.H. Papendiek, Court and Private Life in the Time of Queen Charlotte. Being the Journals of Mrs. Papendiek, Assistant Keeper of the Wardrobe and Reader to Her Majesty, Vol. 1, 1887, p.24; see also Notes & Queries, Series 7, Vol. 4, July-December 1887, p.71; and also Works of the Camden Society, Issue 35, 1884, p.77, n.3).
Normalised Text
18th January 1782
My heart is too much interested
in this important Day not to endeavour
to express some part of its sentiments, which
overflow for the Health & Happiness
of her Majesty and most earnestly pray
our most great and amiable Queen
may long be Blessed as she Blesses
all those who have the felicity of belonging
to her -- I do indeed my Dear Miss Hamilton
most sincerely congratulate you on
the return of this day I feel the cordial
and forget my infirmities or could
not have attempted writing so many
lines, one of which I cannot read Adieu
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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(28)
Correspondence Details
Sender: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 18 January 1782
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, congratulating her with the Queen's birthday, which was also celebrated on 18 January.
Length: 1 sheet, 101 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).
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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.
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