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King's Street Novr. 20-th
1783
My Dear Miʃs Hamilton,
It is impoʃsible in
this diʃsipated Town to do
what one wishes or likes best,
I was coming to see you every moment
of the two days before you
left Town and was always
prevented -- Charles Greville has
received your Note and desires
you will make His respectfull
compts. to The Ducheʃs & that
he will accompany me to Bullstrode on
on Tuesday next and where we propose
to be by Dinner time: on Thursday next
there is busineʃs in the H. of Commons
& my private busineʃs will require
my returning to Town that day
as it will require Charles attendance
in the H. of C. If you see that
this arrangement is not perfectly
agreable at Bullstrode let us
know and we will alter it. If you
do not write I shall conclude
all is settled & you will see us
on Tuesday
yours most affectioly.
My Dear Niece
W.H.
Uncle William[2]
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King's Street November 20-
My Dear Miss Hamilton,
It is impossible in
this dissipated Town to do
what one wishes or likes best,
I was coming to see you every moment
of the two days before you
left Town and was always
prevented -- Charles Greville has
received your Note and desires
you will make His respectful
compliments to The Duchess & that
he will accompany me to Bullstrode
on Tuesday next and where we propose
to be by Dinner time: on Thursday next
there is business in the House of Commons
& my private business will require
my returning to Town that day
as it will require Charles attendance
in the House of Commons If you see that
this arrangement is not perfectly
agreeable at Bullstrode let us
know and we will alter it. If you
do not write I shall conclude
all is settled & you will see us
on Tuesday
yours most affectionately
My Dear Niece
William Hamilton
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Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Sir William Hamilton to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/4/6
Correspondence Details
Sender: Sir William Hamilton
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Gerrards Cross
Date sent: 20 November 1783
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Sir William Hamilton to Mary Hamilton. He notes that in this 'dissipated Town' it was impossible to do what one likes. He had attempted to visit his niece on each of two days and each time he was prevented.
Hamilton writes that Charles Greville [her cousin] had received her note and asks that she gives his compliments to the Duchess [of Portland, Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish née Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley (1715-1785)]. Hamilton and his nephew will visit the Duchess at Bulstrode on Tuesday next. Hamilton has business at the House of Commons and private business means that he will have to return to London by Thursday. He asks his niece to inform him if these arrangements are not acceptable.
Dated at King's Street [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 162 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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 27 July 2020)
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