Diplomatic Text
Dear Madam,
I can aʃsure you that I embrace the earliest
opportunity of thanking you for the kind Letter you
sent me last week, which I received at Newark.
I was at that time with a broken heart
(tho' thank God I am since something better) in the
middle of a contested Election, & in the most
imment imminent danger of my life from the
Riot; however all this I escaped and carried
the two Members for the Duke notwithstandg
every species of bribery practised by our
Opponents with very high numbers.
I was most ably aʃsisted by Mr. Garrow
as Counsel whom I took from four.
The loʃs of my lovely Boy is a stroke
& a shock, I shall long feel -- Fanny has
had a very narrow escape, but thank God is
said to be out of all danger. I am obliged
to you for your intended kindneʃs to Kath:
& Mary, but previous to my leaving London
I had sent them to Eton,[1] where I hear they
are wiell & will remain the Holidays.
Moreau is very ill with the Gout at Bath,
& I am, unlikely to paʃs much time at this
place with the Duke. I had before let my
House at Richmond to Mrs. Vaughan for the
Summer, intending to go to the Sea with my
Children -- I intend for the present taking
a Lodging for Fanny near Town 'till she
is fit to go to the Sea.
It will I am sure give you great pleasure that
Services rendered Mr. P—— has induced him to
signify that I shall be handsomely provided
for -- His Grace joins most heartily in my
succeʃs; -- But with all these prospects a gloom
at times siezes my mind still andwhich I am afraid
for a long time, will be afflicted for [the]
loʃs of my poor Dear boy..
are well
Your faithful
& obed ʃert
John Jackʃon.
[2]
[4]
21
2-2
23 2
10-6
23 12-6[5]
[6]
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Notes
1. Presumably to stay with Jackson's sister-in-law, Frances Barnard, whose husband Thomas Barnard (d. c.1785) used to be a clerk of Eton College.
2. Postmark, in black ink, dated 29 June 1790.
3. A large number '6' is drawn in black ink, 2 lines deep, denoting postage due.
4. Ink doodles in the margin to the right of the address.
5. This annotation is written vertically underneath the address.
6. Seal, in red wax.
Normalised Text
Dear Madam,
I can assure you that I embrace the earliest
opportunity of thanking you for the kind Letter you
sent me last week, which I received at Newark.
I was at that time with a broken heart
(though thank God I am since something better) in the
middle of a contested Election, & in the most
imminent danger of my life from the
Riot; however all this I escaped and carried
the two Members for the Duke notwithstanding
every species of bribery practised by our
Opponents with very high numbers.
I was most ably assisted by Mr. Garrow
as Counsel whom I took from four.
The loss of my lovely Boy is a stroke
& a shock, I shall long feel -- Fanny has
had a very narrow escape, but thank God is
said to be out of all danger. I am obliged
to you for your intended kindness to Katherine
& Mary, but previous to my leaving London
I had sent them to Eton, where I hear they
are well & will remain the Holidays.
Moreau is very ill with the Gout at Bath,
& I am, unlikely to pass much time at this
place with the Duke. I had before let my
House at Richmond to Mrs. Vaughan for the
Summer, intending to go to the Sea with my
Children -- I intend for the present taking
a Lodging for Fanny near Town 'til she
is fit to go to the Sea.
It will I am sure give you great pleasure that
Services rendered Mr. P—— has induced him to
signify that I shall be handsomely provided
for -- His Grace joins most heartily in my
success; -- But with all these prospects a gloom
at times seizes my mind which I am afraid
for a long time, will be afflicted for the
loss of my poor Dear boy..
are well
Your faithful
& obedient servant
John Jackson.
at Taxal
Chapel le Frith
Cheshire
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from John Jackson to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/10/2/4
Correspondence Details
Sender: John Jackson
Place sent: Wimbledon
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith
Date sent: 29 June 1790
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from John Jackson to Mary Hamilton, on the subject of politics and
on the death of his son. Jackson thanks Hamilton for her letter and notes
that at the time he received it he had a 'broken heart' as he was in the
middle of a contested election '& in the most imminent danger of my
life from the Riot'. He writes that he escaped with his life and also
'carried the two members for the Duke notwithstanding every species of
bribery practised by our Opponents with very high numbers'. Jackson was
assisted by Mr Garrow as Counsel.
Jackson writes of the death of his son which was a great shock and that
his daughter, Fanny, has had a 'narrow escape' but is now out of danger.
He thanks Hamilton for her offer [presumably to look after his children]
but notes that he has sent them to Eton before he left London.
Dated at Wimbledon.
Original reference No. 4.
Length: 1 sheet, 339 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).
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