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HAM/1/11/26

Letter from Lord Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


26

Chelsea 3d. Apl May 1785[1]

Dr Miʃs Hamilton

      Any point relative to your
Happyneʃs I am much flatterd in be-
=ing referrd to by you, & you may depend
every Confidence you place in me shall
remain unreveald = Delicacy, the
characteristic of yourself, naturally
makes me attentive to that point --
but in such eʃsential matters, I
should think it a relief to your friends
that; more or leʃs M.r. Dickeson's fathers
fortune (for present maintenance as
usual I shd understand to be known to
him) after any debts or provisions for
his younger Children shoud be mentiond
& your provision in proportion thereto
as to Remainder be such as this li
=berality consistent with the Means --


naturally woud dictate -- Any ad
=ventious incidents out of Question
      I am very sensible of whenever
Mr Dickeson intended in meeting
me at Chester & his Confidence placed
in my Character, The circumstances
attending my family prevents my
being able to avail my self thereof
but you may be aʃsurd of my
most Candid consideration & privacy
in any point you may Communi
=cate to
                             Dr. Ms Hamiltons
                             affte frd.
                             & obt servt
                               Dartrey

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Notes


 1. Hamilton has overwritten 'April' with 'May'.

Normalised Text



Chelsea 3d. April 1785

Dear Miss Hamilton

      Any point relative to your
Happiness I am much flattered in being
 referred to by you, & you may depend
every Confidence you place in me shall
remain unrevealed = Delicacy, the
characteristic of yourself, naturally
makes me attentive to that point --
but in such essential matters, I
should think it a relief to your friends
that; more or less M.r. Dickeson's fathers
fortune (for present maintenance as
usual I should understand to be known to
him) after any debts or provisions for
his younger Children should be mentioned
& your provision in proportion thereto
as to Remainder be such as this liberality
 consistent with the Means --


naturally would dictate -- Any adventious
 incidents out of Question
      I am very sensible of whenever
Mr Dickeson intended in meeting
me at Chester & his Confidence placed
in my Character, The circumstances
attending my family prevents my
being able to avail my self thereof
but you may be assured of my
most Candid consideration & privacy
in any point you may Communicate
 to
                             Dear Miss Hamiltons
                             affectionate friend
                             & obedient servant
                               Dartrey

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 1. Hamilton has overwritten 'April' with 'May'.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Lord Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/11/26

Correspondence Details

Sender: Thomas, Baron Dartrey Dawson

Place sent: Chelsea

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 3 April 1785

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Lord Dartrey to Mary Hamilton, concerning John Dickenson and his father's fortune.
    Dated at Chelsea.
    Original reference No. 26.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 186 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 31 March 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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