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Oxford Street June 11th. 1810
Dear Sir
Nothing could exceed Lady Mansfields
& my surprize, at receiving your intimation,
by Your Note of this Morning, of Mrs. Holman's
death, & accompanied by details which are
truely distreʃsing to latter Existance --
We had not heard the slighest account of
Mrs. Holman's late illneʃs, until I received
Your Note this Morning, & that intimationcommunication
has reached us, with the intimation of
Her death --
I conclude this illneʃs has been sudden,
as when I had the pleasure of seeing You
on Friday, You made no mention of it.
I remain
Dear Sir
Yours Very Sincerely
Robt: F: Greville
John Dickenson Esqr
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John Dickenson Esqr.
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Oxford Street June 11th. 1810
Dear Sir
Nothing could exceed Lady Mansfields
& my surprise, at receiving your intimation,
by Your Note of this Morning, of Mrs. Holman's
death, & accompanied by details which are
truly distressing to latter Existence --
We had not heard the slightest account of
Mrs. Holman's late illness, until I received
Your Note this Morning, & that communication
has reached us, with the intimation of
Her death --
I conclude this illness has been sudden,
as when I had the pleasure of seeing You
on Friday, You made no mention of it.
I remain
Dear Sir
Yours Very Sincerely
Robert Fulke Greville
John Dickenson Esqr
John Dickenson Esqr.
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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 Robert Fulke Greville to John Dickenson
Shelfmark: HAM/1/5/3/8
Correspondence Details
Sender: Robert Fulke Greville
Place sent: London
Addressee: John Dickenson
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 11 June 1810
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Robert Fulke Greville to John Dickenson, relating to the death of Mrs Holman (see HAM/1/4/3). Greville had heard nothing of Holman's illness prior to this note and presumes that the illness had come on suddenly.
Length: 1 sheet, 114 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.
Transliterator: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 3 August 2020)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
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Revision date: 2 November 2021