Diplomatic Text
My good Miʃs Hamilton
Impatient of Confinement I ventured out
last night before I had sufficiently recovered my Strength,
& have suffered from my Rashneʃs. I had a slight return
of my Fever, in the night, & I find my Cough increased; I
therefore think it prudent to keep the house a day or two
longer.
With respect to the unfortunate person I mentioned
to you some days ago, we agreed at that time that any pecu=
niary relief would be but temporary, & no eʃsential & lasting
service to the family, but I have since received a letter which
I now enclose to you, by which you well --- see that a present
pecuniary relief, will be a real service to the poor woman.
I have determined to take upon me the fitting out the boy, &
shall levy contributions on my friends. A few Guineas or
half Guineas therefore I shall now be very thankful for.
Another matter which I hinted to you last night, &
wished to talk to you upon is this. The Queen when she sent
for me upon Mr. Blomberg's busineʃs, ordered me to enquire into
the particulars of his conduct at Cambridge, the first opportunity I
had of seeing his Tutor, & at the same time to consult him what
plan was best for Mr B. to pursue till he could go into orders.
Mr. Carr the Tutor is now in London, & I had yesterday a
conversation with him on the subject. -- Now I wish to
consult with you in what manner I should inform her Majesty
that I have executed her orders. Would there be any impropriety
in your mentioning to her Majesty that I had seen Mr. Carr?
I know not by what other channel to apply. I do not
chuse for many reasons to say a word to John B——
I hope in a day or two to have the pleasure of seeing you
in the mean time Permit me to subscribe myself
Dear Madam
Yours &c, &c
JFisher
Friday Morn: 22d Febry 1782
Will you be good enough to return the first of Mrs. B
letters, for in it, is her addreʃs & I wish to write to her.
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Normalised Text
My good Miss Hamilton
Impatient of Confinement I ventured out
last night before I had sufficiently recovered my Strength,
& have suffered from my Rashness. I had a slight return
of my Fever, in the night, & I find my Cough increased; I
therefore think it prudent to keep the house a day or two
longer.
With respect to the unfortunate person I mentioned
to you some days ago, we agreed at that time that any pecuniary
relief would be but temporary, & no essential & lasting
service to the family, but I have since received a letter which
I now enclose to you, by which you well see that a present
pecuniary relief, will be a real service to the poor woman.
I have determined to take upon me the fitting out the boy, &
shall levy contributions on my friends. A few Guineas or
half Guineas therefore I shall now be very thankful for.
Another matter which I hinted to you last night, &
wished to talk to you upon is this. The Queen when she sent
for me upon Mr. Blomberg's business, ordered me to enquire into
the particulars of his conduct at Cambridge, the first opportunity I
had of seeing his Tutor, & at the same time to consult him what
plan was best for Mr Blomberg to pursue till he could go into orders.
Mr. Carr the Tutor is now in London, & I had yesterday a
conversation with him on the subject. -- Now I wish to
consult with you in what manner I should inform her Majesty
that I have executed her orders. Would there be any impropriety
in your mentioning to her Majesty that I had seen Mr. Carr?
I know not by what other channel to apply. I do not
choose for many reasons to say a word to John B——
I hope in a day or two to have the pleasure of seeing you
in the mean time Permit me to subscribe myself
Dear Madam
Yours &c, &c
John Fisher
Friday Morning
Will you be good enough to return the first of Mrs. B
letters, for in it, is her address & I wish to write to her.
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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 Fisher to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/7/6/7
Correspondence Details
Sender: John Fisher
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 22 February 1782
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from John Fisher to Mary Hamilton. The letter relates to Fisher's
attempts to give assistance to someone in need and to a request from the
Queen to look into the conduct of a Mr Blomberg whilst he was at
Cambridge.
Fisher writes that he initially thought that any monetary relief for the
'unfortunate person' who he had talked to of Hamilton previously, would
only offer temporary assistance but has since received a letter that
makes it clear that 'a present pecuniary relief, will be a real service
to the poor woman and he has determined to fit 'out the boy & shall levy
contributions upon my Friends'.
Fisher also notes that the Queen had asked him to make enquiries on the
conduct of Mr Blomberg whilst at Cambridge. He has met with his tutor
on the subject and asks to consult with Hamilton on how best to
communicate this to the Queen.
Length: 1 sheet, 367 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 5 November 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