Diplomatic Text
Sir
I have receiv'd the favor of yours of the 11th. of
this Inst. from Northampton; and this morning ac=
cording to your desire I have paid one Thousand
Pounds to your Bankers Meʃsrs. Joseph Jones & Co.
I likewise called upon Miʃs Ann Clarke and paid
her Twenty Five Pounds for both which Sums I
have receiv'd your Receipts. I beg you will present
my best Compts. to Mrs. Dickenson & be aʃsured that
I am with great regard
Dear Sir,
Your faithful Humble Servt.
Frederick Hamilton
Bedford Square
May 13th. 1786[1]
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Normalised Text
Sir
I have received the favour of yours of the 11th. of
this Instant from Northampton; and this morning according
to your desire I have paid one Thousand
Pounds to your Bankers Messrs. Joseph Jones & Co.
I likewise called upon Miss Ann Clarke and paid
her Twenty Five Pounds for both which Sums I
have received your Receipts. I beg you will present
my best Compliments to Mrs. Dickenson & be assured that
I am with great regard
Dear Sir,
Your faithful Humble Servant
Frederick Hamilton
Bedford Square
May 13th. 1786
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Frederick Hamilton to John Dickenson
Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/2/2
Correspondence Details
Sender: Frederick Hamilton
Place sent: London
Addressee: John Dickenson
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 13 May 1786
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Rev. Frederick Hamilton to John Dickenson. He informs Mr Dickenson that, as requested, Frederick Hamilton has paid one thousand pounds to his bankers and passed twenty-five pounds to Miss Anna Clarke for his niece, Mary.
Dated at Bedford Square [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 92 words
Transliteration Information
Editorial declaration: First edited in the project 'Image to Text' (David Denison & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2013-2019), now incorporated 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: XML version: Research Assistant funding in 2017/18 provided by the Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester.
Research assistant: Georgia Tutt, MA student, University of Manchester
Transliterator: Carmen Salas, undergraduate student, University of Seville (submitted November 2017)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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Revision date: 2 November 2021