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HAM/1/10/2/11

Letter from Frances Jackson to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


                                                         12
      Uppingham May 21st 1802 1802

      I have the pleasure to inform my
dear Mrs Dickenson that Katherine was
at one o'clock this morning safely deli-
ver[ed] of a girl -- contrary to the expecta-
ti[on] [of] herself and Mr Warren tho' not [I]
beli[eve]  ------  their wishes as they were quite [in-]
different whether it was a girl or a boy
But a boy had been prepared for -- my sis-
ter I am happy to say is remarkably el
well & they say had an uncommon good
time. The Child is also well. She has this
morning desired me to write to you and de-
sires her best love to you and yours -- with
Kindest remembrance to Mr D Louisa &
Mrs Morrison believe me to be Affly Yrs.
                                                         Frances Jackson
Excuse great haste as I have
several other letters to write


[1]

                                                         May 25 1802
To
      Mrs. Dickenson[2][3]
                             at T Worsleys EsqrLeighton House
                             Platt nearBedfordshire
                                                         Manchester
[4]

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Notes


 1. Bishop mark (faded) 'D MAY 24 1802' in brown-red ink.
 2. The letter has been forwarded from Leighton House to Platt Hall, where Hamilton was visiting the Carill-Worsleys.
 3. Mileage mark 'UPPINGHAM 98' in brown ink .
 4. Evidence of a seal in red wax (now missing).

Normalised Text


                                                        
      Uppingham May 21st 1802

      I have the pleasure to inform my
dear Mrs Dickenson that Katherine was
at one o'clock this morning safely delivered
 of a girl -- contrary to the expectation
 of herself and Mr Warren though not I
believe  ------  their wishes as they were quite indifferent
 whether it was a girl or a boy
But a boy had been prepared for -- my sister
 I am happy to say is remarkably
well & had an uncommon good
time. The Child is also well. She has this
morning desired me to write and desires
 her best love to you and yours -- with
Kindest remembrance to Mr Dickenson Louisa &
Mrs Morrison believe me to be Affectionately Yours
                                                         Frances Jackson
Excuse great haste as I have
several other letters to write




                                                        
To
      Mrs. Dickenson
                            
                            
                                                        

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 1. Bishop mark (faded) 'D MAY 24 1802' in brown-red ink.
 2. The letter has been forwarded from Leighton House to Platt Hall, where Hamilton was visiting the Carill-Worsleys.
 3. Mileage mark 'UPPINGHAM 98' in brown ink .
 4. Evidence of a seal in red wax (now missing).

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Frances Jackson to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/10/2/11

Correspondence Details

Sender: Frances Jackson

Place sent: Uppingham

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: Fallowfield, near Manchester

Date sent: 21 May 1802

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Fanny Jackson to Mary Hamilton. Jackson writes to inform Hamilton that her sister, Katherine Warren, contrary to her own expectations, had that morning given birth to a daughter. Both are well.
    Dated at Uppingham.
    Original reference No. 12.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 132 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 9 September 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

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