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Mrs Dickenson
Leighton House
My dear Mrs D: I send you this Brush. I hope Unhurt
I have kept it an Unreasonable time, owing to my want of
Paper to finish -- on Saturday Evening my Sister order'd the
Carriage intending to go to Leighton, but we recollected that you
Expected Sir Wm. Wake & we were in our morg dreʃses -- the
Weather lately has been so bad that we have not peep'd out
of doors. besides the Melancholy Event which has cut us all
to the Heart[1] -- you can easily imagine what a Survivor
must Suffer after in the Separation, after having lived for
Years with a Man she had Loved from her Childhood, &
who was as worthy of her Affection, as her most Sanguine
Hopes could form him -- she rous'd herself Sufficiently to
write me a letter -- it was just what I sd expect from her --
in her deplorable Situation, she is very resigned & thankful
for four Years of uninterrupted happineʃs -- which
she ------ Sensible is lost for ever in this World -- I had
Also a letter from Miʃs Ricks who is with her, she
writes to me that poor dear Mrs Jalabert had resolution
to be Alone with her Husband when he expir'd.(I bleʃs God)
without a Pang -- you who have been so kind to an Unhappy
Stranger will I am sure excuse my writing so long upon this
Subject.
I shall write about Friday to Mrs Carter -- if you have a
Letter send it me on Friday Morg -- Adieu Love from all
to all -- Concludes me yrs most Affecly
DBloʃset
Monday Night
Novbr. 26th 98
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Notes
1. The death of Francis Jalabert (19 November 1798), husband of Blosset's friend Frances Jalabert (née Neville). They had been married for only four years.
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Mrs Dickenson
Leighton House
My dear Mrs Dickenson I send you this Brush. I hope Unhurt
I have kept it an Unreasonable time, owing to my want of
Paper to finish -- on Saturday Evening my Sister ordered the
Carriage intending to go to Leighton, but we recollected that you
Expected Sir William Wake & we were in our morning dresses -- the
Weather lately has been so bad that we have not peeped out
of doors. besides the Melancholy Event which has cut us all
to the Heart -- you can easily imagine what a Survivor
must Suffer in the Separation, after having lived for
Years with a Man she had Loved from her Childhood, &
who was as worthy of her Affection, as her most Sanguine
Hopes could form him -- she roused herself Sufficiently to
write me a letter -- it was just what I should expect from her --
in her deplorable Situation, she is very resigned & thankful
for four Years of uninterrupted happiness -- which
she ------ Sensible is lost for ever in this World -- I had
Also a letter from Miss Ricks who is with her, she
writes to me that poor dear Mrs Jalabert had resolution
to be Alone with her Husband when he expired.(I bless God)
without a Pang -- you who have been so kind to an Unhappy
Stranger will I am sure excuse my writing so long upon this
Subject.
I shall write about Friday to Mrs Carter -- if you have a
Letter send it me on Friday Morning -- Adieu Love from all
to all -- Concludes me yours most Affectionately
Dorothy Blosset
Monday Night
November 26th 98
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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 Dorothy Blosset to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/8/2/31
Correspondence Details
Sender: Dorothy Blosset
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Leighton Buzzard
Date sent: 26 November 1798
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Dorothy Blosset to Mary Hamilton, containing general news of
family and friends.
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 20 November 2020)
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Revision date: 2 November 2021