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HAM/1/6/1/10

Letter from Frances Evelyn Boscawen to Mary Hamilton

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                                                         24 March
                                                         1794
Dear Madam

      The inclos'd was sent
hither for You on Saturday Evening
when I expected the Pleasure to
see You: & last Night in my
disappointmt I forgot it -- I am
very sorry You are unwell, &
I'm sure I will not give You
the trouble to come this Evening
for You wou'd find Strangers, & Whist
& I shou'd not enjoy your Company
but to Morrow if You are disengag'd
(& Well enough to come Out) I shall be
quite so to receive You, & Mr Dickinson
      I rejoyce to hear yr Daugr is well &
am Dear Madam with great Regard yr sincere
                             & Obedient Servt        F. Boscawen


To
      The  ------ 
Mrs. Dic[kinson]

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Dear Madam

      The enclosed was sent
hither for You on Saturday Evening
when I expected the Pleasure to
see You: & last Night in my
disappointment I forgot it -- I am
very sorry You are unwell, &
I'm sure I will not give You
the trouble to come this Evening
for You would find Strangers, & Whist
& I should not enjoy your Company
but to Morrow if You are disengaged
(& Well enough to come Out) I shall be
quite so to receive You, & Mr Dickinson
      I rejoice to hear your Daughter is well &
am Dear Madam with great Regard your sincere
                             & Obedient Servant        Frances Boscawen


To
     
Mrs. Dickinson

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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 Frances Evelyn Boscawen to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/6/1/10

Correspondence Details

Sender: Frances Evelyn Boscawen (née Glanville)

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 24 March 1794

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Frances Evelyn Boscawen to Mary Hamilton, inviting her and Mr Dickenson to visit her.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 113 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).

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: XML version: Research Assistant funding in 2016/17 provided by The John Rylands Research Institute.

Research assistant: Isabella Formisano, former MA student, University of Manchester

Transliterator: Andrew Gott, dissertation student, University of Manchester (submitted June 2012)

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: 2 November 2021

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