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Letter from John Kinderley to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


      From John Kinderley
                                                         21.


Madam

I have recd the favor of your Letters of
Wednesday & Thursday last, & last night
I also recd one from Mrs D'Salis, in
which she mentions her Intention of coming
into the Country on Tuesday, & very Kindly
offers to bring Miʃs Mary Jackson in her
Chaise with her, which I will communicate
to her to Day & Have no doubt but she
will be ready to attend Mrs D'Salis
      With respect to what you mention as
to Mr Cooke -- Upon the death of Mr Jackson
he called at the House & offered to attend his
funeral if it was agreeable. I inquired of Mr


Roʃs, Mr Jacksons Clerk, who he was, & he
informed me he was a Music Master & had
taught the young Ladies; he attended thee
funeral & I have seen him occasionally at
their House & as far as I  ------------ have heard he
is very respectable in his Profeʃsion; he
furnishes them with Music & instructs
them, which I understand he offered to do
out of respect to the memory of Mr Jackson
witht any Gratuity; I don't know of his
Partiality for Miʃs Mary, but have very
recently heard it suspected that he had a
preferrence to Miʃs Jackson, tho' not sufficiently
for me to take any part in it, I shall however
take an opportunity of mentioning it to Mrs
Bates witht mentioning your name or that I
have heard any thing from you abt it.
      Mr Cooke may be a very respectable man in


his Profeʃsion, as I learn that he is, but
I dont by any means think him a proper
Alliance for Miʃs Jackson, if therefore it
shd turn out that an thing of this kind
is going on I shall be very happy too
confer with you & Miʃs Clarke & act
agreeable to your Wishes, having myself
a great desire to do every thing in my
power to promote the happineʃs & comfort
of the young Ladies.
                             I am
                                                         Madam
                             Your very Obt Servt
                                                         John Kinderley
Symonds Inn
28 April
1798[1]



Mrs Dickinson
Leighton House[2]
Leighton Buzzard
[3]
[4]

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Notes


 1. The dateline appears to the left of the salutation.
 2. A large number 5 in black ink is written across the address, denoting postage due.
 3. Bishop mark reads 'AP 28 98'.
 4. Remains of a seal, in red wax.

Normalised Text


     
                                                        


Madam

I have received the favour of your Letters of
Wednesday & Thursday last, & last night
I also received one from Mrs D'Salis, in
which she mentions her Intention of coming
into the Country on Tuesday, & very Kindly
offers to bring Miss Mary Jackson in her
Chaise with her, which I will communicate
to her to Day & Have no doubt but she
will be ready to attend Mrs D'Salis
      With respect to what you mention as
to Mr Cooke -- Upon the death of Mr Jackson
he called at the House & offered to attend his
funeral if it was agreeable. I inquired of Mr


Ross, Mr Jacksons Clerk, who he was, & he
informed me he was a Music Master & had
taught the young Ladies; he attended the
funeral & I have seen him occasionally at
their House & as far as I have heard he
is very respectable in his Profession; he
furnishes them with Music & instructs
them, which I understand he offered to do
out of respect to the memory of Mr Jackson
without any Gratuity; I don't know of his
Partiality for Miss Mary, but have very
recently heard it suspected that he had a
preference to Miss Jackson, though not sufficiently
for me to take any part in it, I shall however
take an opportunity of mentioning it to Mrs
Bates without mentioning your name or that I
have heard any thing from you about it.
      Mr Cooke may be a very respectable man in


his Profession, as I learn that he is, but
I don't by any means think him a proper
Alliance for Miss Jackson, if therefore it
should turn out that an thing of this kind
is going on I shall be very happy to
confer with you & Miss Clarke & act
agreeable to your Wishes, having myself
a great desire to do every thing in my
power to promote the happiness & comfort
of the young Ladies.
                             I am
                                                         Madam
                             Your very Obedient Servant
                                                         John Kinderley
Symonds Inn
28 April
1798



Mrs Dickinson
Leighton House
Leighton Buzzard

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 1. The dateline appears to the left of the salutation.
 2. A large number 5 in black ink is written across the address, denoting postage due.
 3. Bishop mark reads 'AP 28 98'.
 4. Remains of a seal, in red wax.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from John Kinderley to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/10/2/19

Correspondence Details

Sender: John Kinderley

Place sent: London

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: Leighton Buzzard

Date sent: 28 April 1798

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from John Kinderley to Mary Hamilton. The letter concerns the death of Mr Jackson and enquiries Hamilton had made about a Mr Cooke. Kinderley understands that Cooke was a music master to the ladies and that he does not know of his 'partiality for Miss Mary, but [has] [...] recently heard it suspected that he had a preference to Miss Jackson'. He will mention it to Mr Boles and will not mention Hamilton's name when he does so. Although Cooke is a respectable musician, Kinderley does not think him a 'proper alliance for Miss Jackson, if therefore it sho[ul]d turn out that any thing of this kind is going on I shall be very happy to confer with you & Miss Clarke & act agreeable to your wishes'.
    Dated at Symonds Inn [London].
    Original reference No. 18.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 351 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 10 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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