Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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HAM/1/4/7/4

Note from Elizabeth Hamilton Campbell (née Gunning) to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


Dear Miʃs Hamilton I beg you will let me
know how the Prince Adolphus & Princeʃs
Mary do & if the Small pox is Come out;
I take it for granted that you correspond
with Miʃs Goldsworthy & therefore trouble
you with this Enquiry. I am very much
[Your] most Obedient &c &c
                             E. Argyll Hamilton
 --- ning
      10 April 1779

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Dear Miss Hamilton I beg you will let me
know how the Prince Adolphus & Princess
Mary do & if the Small pox is Come out;
I take it for granted that you correspond
with Miss Goldsworthy & therefore trouble
you with this Enquiry. I am very much
Your most Obedient &c &c
                             Elizabeth Argyll Hamilton
 --- ning
      10 April 1779

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Metadata

Library References

Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Note from Elizabeth Hamilton Campbell (née Gunning) to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/7/4

Correspondence Details

Sender: Elizabeth Hamilton Campbell (née Gunning), Duchess of Argyll & Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 10 April 1779

Letter Description

Summary: The Duchess of Argyll [Campbell [née Gunning, Elizabeth, Duchess of Argyll, other married name Elizabeth Hamilton, duchess of Hamilton and Brandon (bap. 1733-1790), courtier] writes to Mary Hamilton to enquire on the health of Prince Adolphus [Adolphus Frederick (1774-1850)].
   

Length: 1 sheet, 60 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: Tino Oudesluijs, editorial team (completed 30 July 2020)

Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library

Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors

Revision date: 6 February 2022

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