Diplomatic Text
Dear Dickenson
I am very sorry that
I did not return home
in time to send to you
before 6 oClock. I should
have been happy to have
waited on you & Mrs. D.
& to have been introduced
to your future Son in Law
I sincerely congratulate
you on the prospect of
an Event which bids
so fair to prove a great
source of happineʃs.
& Comfort to you & yours
I shall be extremely
glad to be known to
Mr Gl. Anson & hope
that an opportunity
may soon occur --
I beg my Compliments
to him & aʃsure
Mrs. & Miʃs Dickenson
that I am not the
least doubtful that
I shall have the great
pleasure of congratulating
them on the Occasion
as a Sincere friend
I am always
-- truely and Affly. yours
Warwick
Green Street 36[1]
December 19th 1814
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Normalised Text
Dear Dickenson
I am very sorry that
I did not return home
in time to send to you
before 6 o'Clock. I should
have been happy to have
waited on you & Mrs. Dickenson
& to have been introduced
to your future Son in Law
I sincerely congratulate
you on the prospect of
an Event which bids
so fair to prove a great
source of happiness.
& Comfort to you & yours
I shall be extremely
glad to be known to
Mr General Anson & hope
that an opportunity
may soon occur --
I beg my Compliments
to him & assure
Mrs. & Miss Dickenson
that I am not the
least doubtful that
I shall have the great
pleasure of congratulating
them on the Occasion
as a Sincere friend
I am always
-- truly and Affectionately yours
Warwick
Green Street 36
December 19th 1814
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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 Lord Warwick to John Dickenson
Shelfmark: HAM/1/5/4/16
Correspondence Details
Sender: George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick
Place sent: London (certainty: high)
Addressee: John Dickenson
Place received: London (certainty: medium)
Date sent: 19 December 1814
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Lord Warwick to John Dickenson. He would be happy to be introduced to Hamilton's future son-in-law, Sir William Anson.
Length: 1 sheet, 142 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: Rebecca Tiffany, undergraduate student, University of Manchester (submitted November 2014)
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Revision date: 2 November 2021