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HAM/1/8/2/32

Copy of letter from Mary Hamilton to Robert Henry Blosset

Diplomatic Text


                                                         Saturday Night

Dear Sir



      There can be no doubt of your
affection for my Daughter, & I feel much
for you -- there has not been any mistake, nor
misunderstanding relative to you, as she has
been attached to Ma: Genl Ansonye. gentleman (to whom you allude) for several
years -- Fortune has been no consideration
with her, as he has only that of a younger
Brother, wch. by no means equalled Mr. D's
wishes, or expectations, but he consented to the
Match on finding his Daughters affections
were seriously engaged,  ------ 
 ------------------ . Mr. D's opinion of you has never
varied, but finding you determined to persevere
                                                         in



in a hopeleʃs  ------  case, he was obliged to look
cool upon you, which was far from his
inclination, as he has a real esteem for you.
      I remain, Dr. Sir
      Your sincere Friend
                             Mary Dickenson

Sent Sunday Morng.


Copy of letter to
Mr ____ ____
Sent Sunday Morng-
30th. Octbr. 1814
with Mr. Dickenson's
approbation[1]

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                                                         Saturday Night

Dear Sir



      There can be no doubt of your
affection for my Daughter, & I feel much
for you -- there has not been any mistake, nor
misunderstanding relative to you, as she has
been attached to the gentleman (to whom you allude) for several
years -- Fortune has been no consideration
with her, as he has only that of a younger
Brother, which by no means equalled Mr. Dickenson's
wishes, or expectations, but he consented to the
Match on finding his Daughters affections
were seriously engaged,
. Mr. Dickenson's opinion of you has never
varied, but finding you determined to persevere
                                                        



in a hopeless case, he was obliged to look
cool upon you, which was far from his
inclination, as he has a real esteem for you.
      I remain, Dear Sir
      Your sincere Friend
                             Mary Dickenson

Sent Sunday Morning


Copy of letter to
Mr ____ ____
Sent Sunday Morning
30th. October 1814
with Mr. Dickenson's
approbation

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Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Copy of letter from Mary Hamilton to Robert Henry Blosset

Shelfmark: HAM/1/8/2/32

Correspondence Details

Sender: Mary Hamilton

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Robert Henry Blosset (né Peckwell)

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 30 October 1814

Letter Description

Summary: Copy of letter from Mary Hamilton to an unnamed addressee [presumably Mr Blosset], relating to her daughter, Louisa Dickenson. Hamilton writes that she has no doubts of Blosset's affection for her daughter and she feels for him. There has been no mistake or misunderstanding relating to him, as she has been attached to [name crossed out, presumably Sir William Anson] for a number of years. Hamilton continues that fortune 'has been no consideration with her, as he has only that of a younger brother' and that her husband has consented to the match. She continues that her husband holds Blosset in esteem 'but finding you determined to persevere in a helpless case, he was obliged to look cool upon you'.
    A note on the letter states that Hamilton sent it with 'Mr Dickenson's approbation'.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 156 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 23 November 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: 17 December 2021

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