Diplomatic Text
Mr Bloʃset is extremely sorry he has caused Miʃs
Dickenson any uneasineʃs by his past conduct. His
object was to clear his own mind from impreʃsions which
he is now convinc'd were entirely false -- ------------
Being now satisfied that he has been under a delusion,
he aʃsures her that in future he shall give her no further
trouble, and he wishes her every kind of happineʃs -- He
shall have great pleasure in renewing at some future
time his acquaintance with her and her family.
Brook Street, Grosvenor Sqr.
Monday Evg.
Novbr. 22 1815[1]
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Notes
1. This date, which seems to have been added retrospectively, seems unlikely, as ‘Miss Dickenson’ became ‘Mrs Anson’ on 26 January 1815. The year should probably read 1814, as the misunderstanding in question is the topic of Mary Hamilton's letter to Robert Henry Blosset, 30 October 1814 (see HAM/1/8/2/32). The date appears to be in Mary Hamilton's hand, suggesting either that Louisa passed the note to her mother, or that it was sent to her as an inclosure.
Normalised Text
Mr Blosset is extremely sorry he has caused Miss
Dickenson any uneasiness by his past conduct. His
object was to clear his own mind from impressions which
he is now convinced were entirely false --
Being now satisfied that he has been under a delusion,
he assures her that in future he shall give her no further
trouble, and he wishes her every kind of happiness -- He
shall have great pleasure in renewing at some future
time his acquaintance with her and her family.
Brook Street, Grosvenor Square
Monday Evening
quotations, spellings, uncorrected forms, split words, abbreviations, formatting)
Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Robert Henry Blosset to Louisa Dickenson (later Anson)
Shelfmark: HAM/1/8/2/33
Correspondence Details
Sender: Robert Henry Blosset (né Peckwell)
Place sent: London
Addressee: Louisa Frances Mary (later Anson) Dickenson
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 22 November 1814
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Robert Henry Blosset to Louisa Dickenson. He writes that he
is sorry about having caused any offence by his past
conduct. He had only wanted to clear his mind in confessing what he now
knows 'were entirely false' and assures her that he will cause her no
future trouble and hopes that he will be able to renew his friendship
with her and her family in the future.
Dated Brook Street, Grosvenor Square.
Length: 1 sheet, 89 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 24 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: 2 November 2021