Diplomatic Text
I am very sorry I cannot doe my self the honour to wait of you
this evening as I have had for some days past a very bad
feverish Cold, and Doctor Fordice threatens me this morning
with a second bleeding, which obliges me to keep at home
very quiet, I regret extremly the being prevented from the
pleasure of waiting of you, and the more so as I am allways
happy to meet Lady Stormont who I highly respect, you will
likewise be disapointed of poor Mrs Cherteris[1] as her poor little
Child Hamilton dyed this Morning, I take for granted you
goe to Windsor for the holly days I wish you a great dell
of health and pleasure and beg you will beleive me
very Sincerly
my Dear Miʃs Hamilton
your affectionat and much obliged
Cath Walkinshaw
Maddox Street Thursday 12th April
1781[2]
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Notes
1. This is probably Susan Charteris (née Tracy-Keck) (1746-1835), daughter of Anthony Tracy-Keck and Lady Susan Hamilton, who married Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho (MP for Haddington Burghs between 1780 and 1787) on 18 July 1771.
2. The dateline appears to the left of the closing salutation and signature.
Normalised Text
I am very sorry I cannot do my self the honour to wait of you
this evening as I have had for some days past a very bad
feverish Cold, and Doctor Fordice threatens me this morning
with a second bleeding, which obliges me to keep at home
very quiet, I regret extremely the being prevented from the
pleasure of waiting of you, and the more so as I am always
happy to meet Lady Stormont who I highly respect, you will
likewise be disappointed of poor Mrs Cherteris as her poor little
Child Hamilton died this Morning, I take for granted you
go to Windsor for the holidays I wish you a great deal
of health and pleasure and beg you will believe me
very Sincerely
my Dear Miss Hamilton
your affectionate and much obliged
Catherine Walkinshaw
Maddox Street Thursday 12th April
1781
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Mrs Catherine Walkinshaw to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/7/12/8
Correspondence Details
Sender: Catherine Walkinshaw
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 12 April 1781
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Catherine Walkinshaw to Mary Hamilton. She is unable to wait upon Hamilton that evening as she is ill with a cold.
Dated at Maddox Street [London].
Original reference No. 8.
Length: 1 sheet, 148 words
Transliteration Information
Editorial declaration: First edited in the project 'Image to Text' (David Denison & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2013-2019), now incorporated 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).
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Acknowledgements: XML version: Research Assistant funding in 2014/15 and 2015/16 provided by the Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester.
Research assistant: Isabella Formisano, former MA student, University of Manchester
Transliterator: Lucy Brookes, undergraduate student, University of Manchester (submitted May 2016)
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