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Octr. 27th. 1811
Dear Dickenson
Will you if you can
forgive me for delaying so long
to thank you for your obliging
acquiescence in my request I most
sincerely hope & I believe that
you will have no trouble in ye
busineʃs more than you expect
I wish I could say mine was
at an End it rather increases
if poʃsible & what is worse ye
prospect of relief is at hand
almost
but still just out of reach
Patience does much but some-
times comes too late & at
my time of life I have no
time to lose. I have had the
satisfaction of late that is to
know that our House can
stand in its elevated situation
any storm we have had a
Specimen of all the Collection
in Aeoluss[1] poʃseʃsion, & we
are not blown out like
some birds Nests in our Neighbd
& which we much resemble
I always liked our Holly bush
I should be ungrateful indeed
If I did not respect the most
ample shield against storms
& the beauty in fine Weathers
Pray make my kind Comps
to Mrs. Dickenson & your
Daughter I hope the series
of amusing & edifying rambles
will be renewed ------
amiable & instructive amusement
cannot be devised[2] & long may you
live to enjoy it is the sincere wish
of Dear Dickenson your
faithful friend &c
Warwick
J. Dickenson Esqr
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Normalised Text
October 27th. 1811
Dear Dickenson
Will you if you can
forgive me for delaying so long
to thank you for your obliging
acquiescence in my request I most
sincerely hope & I believe that
you will have no trouble in the
business more than you expect
I wish I could say mine was
at an End it rather increases
if possible & what is worse the
prospect of relief is at hand
almost
but still just out of reach
Patience does much but sometimes
comes too late & at
my time of life I have no
time to lose. I have had the
satisfaction of late that is to
know that our House can
stand in its elevated situation
any storm we have had a
Specimen of all the Collection
in Aeoluss possession, & we
are not blown out like
some birds Nests in our Neighbourhood
& which we much resemble
I always liked our Holly bush
I should be ungrateful indeed
If I did not respect the most
ample shield against storms
& the beauty in fine Weathers
Pray make my kind Compliments
to Mrs. Dickenson & your
Daughter I hope the series
of amusing & edifying rambles
will be renewed ------
amiable & instructive amusement
cannot be devised & long may you
live to enjoy it is the sincere wish
of Dear Dickenson your
faithful friend &c
Warwick
John Dickenson Esqr
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Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Lord Warwick to John Dickenson
Shelfmark: HAM/1/5/4/15
Correspondence Details
Sender: George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick
Place sent: Warwick (certainty: low)
Addressee: John Dickenson
Place received: London (certainty: low)
Date sent: 27 October 1811
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lord Warwick to John Dickenson, conveying general news. He discusses recent difficulties: the 'prospect of relief is at hand almost but still just out of reach. Patience does much but sometimes comes too late & at my time of life I have no time to lose'. However, his house has withstood recent storms: 'we have had a Specimen of all the Collection in Aeolus[']s possession, & we are not blown out like some birds Nests in our Neighb[ourhoo]d'.
Length: 1 sheet, 233 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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Research assistant: Donald Alasdair Morrison, undergraduate student, University of Manchester
Transliterator: Lauren Thomas, undergraduate student, University of Manchester (submitted November 2014)
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: 31 August 2023