Diplomatic Text
To Charles Hamilton 11.
My dear Sir,
I have ye Pleaʃure to forward
to you a Letter from your Br. William, which
I hope will give you good Accts.. of him. I have
been so unfortunate as only to receive one out of
four which he has wrote to me. I am likewiʃe
aʃhamed to own to you that I have mislaid
a Letter I received from Ly. Cathcart
for you about a week ago: it was open and I
perused it, it containtnd no news but was full
of thoʃe Sentiments of Affection & Regard
which ʃhe sincerely feels for you and yours,
and acquainted you that she and her Flock
are in perfect Health. I hope soon to be
a Witneʃs of it, as I underʃtand the King
will paʃs the Regency Bill on Wednesday,
and the Seʃsion will probably be brought to
a Period the Week after; I shall how=
ever be long enough here to receive any Com=
=mands of your's and Mrs. Hamilton's, to whom
and my Nieces I beg to be kindly remem=
b'red and am Dear Sir,
Your moʃt Affecte. Brother,
Cathcart
I hope to hear you
continue well: for my own
part I think I have been better
for some time paʃt than for several years.
Lord Cathcart[1]
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Normalised Text
My dear Sir,
I have the Pleasure to forward
to you a Letter from your Brother William, which
I hope will give you good Accounts of him. I have
been so unfortunate as only to receive one out of
four which he has written to me. I am likewise
ashamed to own to you that I have mislaid
a Letter I received from Lady Cathcart
for you about a week ago: it was open and I
perused it, it contained no news but was full
of those Sentiments of Affection & Regard
which she sincerely feels for you and yours,
and acquainted you that she and her Flock
are in perfect Health. I hope soon to be
a Witness of it, as I understand the King
will pass the Regency Bill on Wednesday,
and the Session will probably be brought to
a Period the Week after; I shall however
be long enough here to receive any Commands
of your's and Mrs. Hamilton's, to whom
and my Niece I beg to be kindly remembered
and am Dear Sir,
Your most Affectionate Brother,
Cathcart
I hope to hear you
continue well: for my own
part I think I have been better
for some time past than for several years.
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Charles Cathcart to Charles Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/7/28
Correspondence Details
Sender: Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord
Place sent: London
Addressee: Charles Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 11 May 1765
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lord Cathcart to his brother-in law Charles Hamilton. He writes about Hamilton’s brother William and notes that he is ‘ashamed to own’ that he has misplaced a letter meant for him written by Lady Cathcart. It was open and he ‘perused it’ and assures him that it contained no news but was full of ‘sentiments of affection’.
Dated at London.
Original reference No. 11.
Length: 1 sheet, 212 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 3 August 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