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Sep 30th. 1885[1]
The mornful and melancholy Ditty of
the Dear Blackamoor's[2] metamorphosed wife
Gave me infinite pleasure and delight; and
I am persuaded that he will have the same
cause of complaints against You to the end of
his life. Amen!
You want now to know why I did not answer
Your charming letter sooner? and I tell you
because I did not receive it till just now, when
I returned from Camden place; from whence I
was expected at home every moment, so no letter
was sent after me. I have been in the North:
Mr. Boyle's illneʃs put a stop to our expedition:
The Gentleman inlisted himself in Lady Tyrconnels
Service where he was put upon so hard Duty
that he fell into a violent fever, broke a
Blood veʃsel and all appearance of going into
a consumption. When his mother was informed
she began to be very much alarmed and sent to that
abominable house, desiring him to come immediately
to Thames Ditton; which he consented to; but all
the while he was under the Doctor's hands,
that wretched woman Lady Tyrconnel came every
day to the house belonging to Ly H: Vernon, next
to Mrs. Walsingham's Garden. Pray do not wish
for many sons except You could be sure they
that in time they would have all the bad
quality your Blackamoor now poʃseʃses.
Has More written to you and told
You all how Mrs. Yearsley treated her and still
does? yes, with an unheard of ingratitude;
because Miʃs More Secured the money for
her Children; and would prevent that wretch
of squandering it away. I hope Miʃs More will
shut up her feelings and throw the writings of
Trust at her head; and have done with her.
You invite me very kindly to come and see you
in your sweet & happy Habitation; and so I will take
you by Storm the first moment I have it in My Power;
as there is no body in the world I shall be more
pleased to see again then -- gueʃs whom --
But I expect to find you converted into a Black=
amoor likewise if you go on flirting on horseback
in all weather with the Gentleman who does me
the Honour of giving me for his Toast. Pray
present my best Respects to him and tell him I
long as much to see him as he does me.
God bleʃs you all! and I am inclined I
think pretty much to love you as long as I live
and that you will alway find me to remain
Your faithful
M: Garrick
Hampton Septr. the 30: 1785
Mrs: Dickenson
Taxal Chapel le Frith
by Derby
Derbyshire
[3]
[4]
1785 Sepbr- --- [5]
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Notes
1. The year 1885 is clearly a slip for 1785.
2. Hamilton records in her diary that ‘Mrs G[arrick] calls You her dear Blackamoor’ (see HAM/2/15/3 p.22 col.1, entry for 11 January 1785).
3. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
4. Bishop mark, ‘30 SE’, indicating the date 30 September.
5. These lines are written upside down at the bottom of p.3.
Normalised Text
The mournful and melancholy Ditty of
the Dear Blackamoor's metamorphosed wife
Gave me infinite pleasure and delight; and
I am persuaded that he will have the same
cause of complaints against You to the end of
his life. Amen!
You want now to know why I did not answer
Your charming letter sooner? and I tell you
because I did not receive it till just now, when
I returned from Camden place; from whence I
was expected at home every moment, so no letter
was sent after me. I have been in the North:
Mr. Boyle's illness put a stop to our expedition:
The Gentleman enlisted himself in Lady Tyrconnels
Service where he was put upon so hard Duty
that he fell into a violent fever, broke a
Blood vessel and all appearance of going into
a consumption. When his mother was informed
she began to be very much alarmed and sent to that
abominable house, desiring him to come immediately
to Thames Ditton; which he consented to; but all
the while he was under the Doctor's hands,
that wretched woman Lady Tyrconnel came every
day to the house belonging to Lady H: Vernon, next
to Mrs. Walsingham's Garden. Pray do not wish
for many sons except You could be sure
that in time they would have all the bad
quality your Blackamoor now possesses.
Has More written to you and told
You all how Mrs. Yearsley treated her and still
does? yes, with an unheard of ingratitude;
because Miss More Secured the money for
her Children; and would prevent that wretch
of squandering it away. I hope Miss More will
shut up her feelings and throw the writings of
Trust at her head; and have done with her.
You invite me very kindly to come and see you
in your sweet & happy Habitation; and so I will take
you by Storm the first moment I have it in My Power;
as there is no body in the world I shall be more
pleased to see again than -- guess whom --
But I expect to find you converted into a Blackamoor
likewise if you go on flirting on horseback
in all weather with the Gentleman who does me
the Honour of giving me for his Toast. Pray
present my best Respects to him and tell him I
long as much to see him as he does me.
God bless you all! and I am inclined I
think pretty much to love you as long as I live
and that you will always find me to remain
Your faithful
Maria Garrick
Hampton September the 30: 1785
Mrs: Dickenson
Taxal Chapel le Frith
by Derby
Derbyshire
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Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Eva Maria Garrick to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/6/6/2
Correspondence Details
Sender: Eva Maria Garrick (née Veigel)
Place sent: Hampton
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith
Date sent: 30 September 1785
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Eva Maria Garrick to Mary Hamilton. The letter concerns Hannah Harper More and Mrs Yearsley [née Ann Cromartie (bap. 1753, d. 1806), poet and writer]. Garrick asks if More had informed Hamilton about her treatment by Mrs Yearsley. She writes of the 'ingratitude' of Yearsley. More had 'Secured the money for her [Yearsley's] Children, and would prevent that wretch of squandering it away'. She hopes that More will have nothing more to do with her. Dated at Hampton.
Length: 1 sheet, 445 words
Transliteration Information
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