Diplomatic Text
From Mr. Farhill
wth. a present of a Tunbridge Box for
Water Colors
I pray you slight me not for I pride
myself in being like you, always the same;
within also I am white, without I am well=
-polishd -- Like you I am sought for by all
who pretend to Taste, and like you I am
loved by all who poʃseʃs it. It is your's
to give Life, and Spirit to Objects inani
mate: my Province also is the same. You
banish Ennui; and so do I -- nay more,
we are both much admird by the same
person: then slight me not: perhaps at
some future Period I may recall to your
Remembrance Scenes, which have lately paʃsd;
and Persons, whom you have honor'd by
your Friendship; the former, as they have
been ever gay, and innocent, and the
latter, as they are steady, and sincere, may
I trust be reflected on with Complacency, &
Pleasure.
28th- August. 1780.
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Normalised Text
I pray you slight me not for I pride
myself in being like you, always the same;
within also I am white, without I am wellpolished
-- Like you I am sought for by all
who pretend to Taste, and like you I am
loved by all who possess it. It is your's
to give Life, and Spirit to Objects inanimate:
my Province also is the same. You
banish Ennui; and so do I -- nay more,
we are both much admired by the same
person: then slight me not: perhaps at
some future Period I may recall to your
Remembrance Scenes, which have lately passed;
and Persons, whom you have honoured by
your Friendship; the former, as they have
been ever gay, and innocent, and the
latter, as they are steady, and sincere, may
I trust be reflected on with Complacency, &
Pleasure.
28th- August. 1780.
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from John Farhill to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/7/4/1
Correspondence Details
Sender: John Farhill
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 28 August 1780
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from John Farhill to Mary Hamilton. At the top of the sheet is a
note written by Hamilton stating that Farhill had sent her a 'present of
a Tunbridge Box for water colours' and in the letter he notes that
perhaps at some future date, he will be able to 'recall to your
remembrance scenes which have lately passed [presumably with her water
colours]'.
In his light-hearted letter, Farhill writes that he and Hamilton are
similar noting that he is 'sought for by all who pretend to Taste, and
like you, I am loved by all who possess it'.
Length: 1 sheet, 145 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: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 23 October 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: 2 November 2021