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HAM/1/7/5/5

Note from Sophia Fielding (née Finch) to Mary Hamilton

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My drst. Miʃs Hamilton -- I wd. send my dr. S.
to you this M. according to the kind request tho
I'm afraid She extorted from you, but that I have
but this time for our very great Leʃsons wch. are
a sad incumbrence on me if deferred till
after Dinner, & I do not expect to be back
from Wimbledon till 4 o'clock -- will Mon-
=dey suit you for the Botanick Garden -- Tuesday
is one of our long Leʃson deys & my Task of
Drawing shd. come in too so I cannot propose that, but if M.
suits you I will call you ¼ before 11. for you
cannot think how soon an hour slips away
there as I found this M. when I left you
so fully determined either not to go there or
to be back to our time & heard it strike 12
whilst I was actually in one of the Green houses


I hope you did not stay a mom̄ent for my
little dr. Puʃs & am only sorry that she was
with you quite to your last minute
                             Yrs affy in haste
                                                         S. F.
30th May 1778[1]
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Saturday M.

since I wrote this my Mr. tells me
Mrs. H is to be with you this Morning &  ---  prey
send me word how long she stays for if you will have me I will call if
      poʃsible before going to Wimbledon.[2]


[3]
Miʃs Hamilton

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 1. This annotation is written just above the postscript and to the left of the signature.
 2. This postscript is written above and around the dateline, to the left of the signature.
 3. Remains of a seal, in red wax.

Normalised Text


My dearest Miss Hamilton -- I would send my dear Sister
to you this Morning according to the kind request though
I'm afraid She extorted from you, but that I have
but this time for our very great Lessons which are
a sad encumbrance on me if deferred till
after Dinner, & I do not expect to be back
from Wimbledon till 4 o'clock -- will Monday
 suit you for the Botanick Garden -- Tuesday
is one of our long Lesson days & my Task of
Drawing should come in too so I cannot propose that, but if Monday
suits you I will call you ¼ before 11. for you
cannot think how soon an hour slips away
there as I found this Monday when I left you
so fully determined either not to go there or
to be back to our time & heard it strike 12
whilst I was actually in one of the Green houses


I hope you did not stay a moment for my
little dear Puss & am only sorry that she was
with you quite to your last minute
                             Yours affectionately in haste
                                                         Sophia Fielding

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since I wrote this my Mother tells me
Mrs. Hamilton is to be with you this Morning pray
send me word how long she stays for if you will have me I will call if
      possible before going to Wimbledon.



Miss Hamilton

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 1. This annotation is written just above the postscript and to the left of the signature.
 2. This postscript is written above and around the dateline, to the left of the signature.
 3. Remains of a seal, in red wax.

Metadata

Library References

Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Note from Sophia Fielding (née Finch) to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/7/5/5

Correspondence Details

Sender: Sophia Fielding (née Finch)

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 30 May 1778

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Sophia Fielding to Mary Hamilton. She writes to defer their meeting until after dinner.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 230 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

Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors

Revision date: 2 November 2021

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