Diplomatic Text
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Mrs Alison
June 29: 1784
Sudbro' -- Thrapston
June 29th
1784
permit me my Dear Miʃs
Hamilton to return you the
best thanks of a heart
that is most grateful for
the former marks of friend
:ship which I have received
from you and for the kind
Congratulations you now
offer me -- I have every
reason to expect happineʃs
as I have married a man to whom
I have been long attach'd
and whose heart & Character
are perfectly known to me
and whose merit and Sincere
attachment to me made all
my friends except Mrs M.
overlook his want of fortune
and become not only reconciled
to the match but extremely
pleased with it -- if you
shd. happen to have at
any time an idle half hour
to throw away believe me
my Dear Miʃs Hamilton
it will be received with
most Sincere pleasure &
gratitude if bestowed on
D. Alison[1]
To be return'd[2]
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Normalised Text
Sudbro'
June 29th
permit me my Dear Miss
Hamilton to return you the
best thanks of a heart
that is most grateful for
the former marks of friendship
which I have received
from you and for the kind
Congratulations you now
offer me -- I have every
reason to expect happiness
as I have married a man to whom
I have been long attached
and whose heart & Character
are perfectly known to me
and whose merit and Sincere
attachment to me made all
my friends except Mrs Montagu
overlook his want of fortune
and become not only reconciled
to the match but extremely
pleased with it -- if you
should happen to have at
any time an idle half hour
to throw away believe me
my Dear Miss Hamilton
it will be received with
most Sincere pleasure &
gratitude if bestowed on
Dorothea Alison
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Dorothea Gregory to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/6/7/7
Correspondence Details
Sender: Dorothea Montague Alison (née Gregory)
Place sent: Sudborough
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 29 June 1784
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Dorothea Gregory to Mary Hamilton, thanking her for
congratulating Gregory on her wedding. She writes of her happiness in
being married 'to a man whom I have been long attached', whose merit and
'attachment to me made all my friends except Mrs M overlook his want of
fortune'.
A note on the sheet states that it is to be returned.
Original reference No. 7.
Length: 1 sheet, 143 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).
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: 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 26 August 2020)
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: 19 November 2021