Diplomatic Text
A letter was this morning
given me for Mr Fisher, which I
immediately perceived came from my
dear Miʃs Hamilton. Mr F's absence
has given me an opportunity of infor
ming her how happy I shall think
myself in executing any Commands
she may perhaps have intended
for another: His return is fixed for
Tuesday next; he left no orders for
Letters to be forwarded to him,
nor indeed do I exactly know where
he is -- I returnd on Monday last
from Suʃsex where I have been
the last Fortnigt, during the whole
of which time I have scarcely had
one bad day; I was lucky enough
therefore to see all my Relations &
old Friends: The Benefit I have
receivd from this Little Excursion
is really wonderful ; my native Air
has had great Effect on my Health,
& this Break in the Chain of
diurnal duty has had an equal
effect on my Spirits, which either
from real or imaginary ills were
before somewhat too low. I wish
most sincerely you coud change
the Scene a little; your Health
surely must require it, & a
Request of this nature is in itself
so reasonable that I wonder you should
have any delicacy on that Head.
Bruyeres seems totally unhing'd &
drooping : how then must it be
with you whose Attendance is constant
and care double ! The Time is not
far distant, I hope, when I may
expect to see you among your
Friends, in which number I flatter
myself you still continue to enroll
the name of
Yrss most sincerely
John Farhill
Wednesday Eve 6th. Novbr: 1782
Queens Lodge
Windsor
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Normalised Text
A letter was this morning
given me for Mr Fisher, which I
immediately perceived came from my
dear Miss Hamilton. Mr Fisher's absence
has given me an opportunity of informing
her how happy I shall think
myself in executing any Commands
she may perhaps have intended
for another: His return is fixed for
Tuesday next; he left no orders for
Letters to be forwarded to him,
nor indeed do I exactly know where
he is -- I returned on Monday last
from Sussex where I have been
the last Fortnight, during the whole
of which time I have scarcely had
one bad day; I was lucky enough
therefore to see all my Relations &
old Friends: The Benefit I have
received from this Little Excursion
is really wonderful ; my native Air
has had great Effect on my Health,
& this Break in the Chain of
diurnal duty has had an equal
effect on my Spirits, which either
from real or imaginary ills were
before somewhat too low. I wish
most sincerely you could change
the Scene a little; your Health
surely must require it, & a
Request of this nature is in itself
so reasonable that I wonder you should
have any delicacy on that Head.
Bruyeres seems totally unhinged &
drooping : how then must it be
with you whose Attendance is constant
and care double ! The Time is not
far distant, I hope, when I may
expect to see you among your
Friends, in which number I flatter
myself you still continue to enroll
the name of
Yours most sincerely
John Farhill
Wednesday Evening
Queens Lodge
Windsor
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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 John Farhill to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/7/4/10
Correspondence Details
Sender: John Farhill
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Windsor
Date sent: 6 November 1782
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from John Farhill to Mary Hamilton. The letter relates to
Farhill's health and to a letter he opened which was addressed to Prince
Edward's Governor, Mr Fisher (see HAM/1/7/6) from Hamilton. He opened the
letter in Mr Fisher's absence and writes to Hamilton that he is happy to
carry out 'any Commands she may perhaps have intended for another'.
Length: 1 sheet, 269 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 26 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: 7 February 2022