Diplomatic Text
Windsor Castle
Feb: 2. 1815
Accept my dear Madam
the sincere Congratulations
of an old Friend upon an
Event which from what I
have heard on the subject
must afford you the highest
degree of satisfaction.
Mrs. Fisher unites with
me in these Congratulations
which we beg to offer to Mr.
Dickenson also, & to the
Bride.
Our settling in
London is a matter of great
uncertainty not depending
upon ourselves. I fear
it will not be before the
middle or the end of the present
month.
Upon my arrival
in town, it shall be my first
business to wait upon you &
Mr. Dickinson, & to aʃsure
you in person how much I
rejoice with you on the
present happy occasion &
that
I am
Dear Madam
with real regard and esteem
your faithful Servt
J. Sarum
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Normalised Text
Windsor Castle
February 2.
Accept my dear Madam
the sincere Congratulations
of an old Friend upon an
Event which from what I
have heard on the subject
must afford you the highest
degree of satisfaction.
Mrs. Fisher unites with
me in these Congratulations
which we beg to offer to Mr.
Dickenson also, & to the
Bride.
Our settling in
London is a matter of great
uncertainty not depending
upon ourselves. I fear
it will not be before the
middle or the end of the present
month.
Upon my arrival
in town, it shall be my first
business to wait upon you &
Mr. Dickinson, & to assure
you in person how much I
rejoice with you on the
present happy occasion &
that
I am
Dear Madam
with real regard and esteem
your faithful Servant
John Sarum
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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/1/7/6/23
Correspondence Details
Sender: John Fisher
Place sent: Windsor
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 2 February 1815
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from John Fisher to Mary Hamilton, relating to the marriage of
Hamilton's daughter Louisa to General Sir William Anson. Fisher offers
his congratulations as 'an old friend'. Fisher also writes about settling
in London and that when he does then his 'first business' will be to wait
on Hamilton and her husband.
Dated at Windsor Castle.
Length: 1 sheet, 137 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