HAM/1/11/27
Letter from Lady Dartrey (later Lady Cremorne) to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
June 12th
1785
A few moments only am I allowed
to write & thank you for the good Tidings[1]
I recd: from you Yesterday, or rather last
night -- when it was too late to thank you
for them. I do most sincerely & so does Lord
D. rejoice that you ------ ------ are so happy
after all your Agitation & Anxiety. -- I
wish we may be in Town before you
leave it, but it is impoʃsible for
us to say when IWe shall return, as we
have Places to see &c wh: must depend
upon the Weather. I saw yr: Uncle Frederick
this Morng: & he mentioned you with
great Regard -- Mr: Antrobus ------ is
talking so to Lord Dartrey about his being hungry that
I do not know what I write, he begs to
be Respectfully remembered to you --
wh: I must add in the midst of my
Anger -- This is I believe the prettiest
Spot in the known World, how I do wish
you were here for my Sake -- & where you are too for
Mr: D's Dickenson's sake -- pray make our best
Compts: to him & believe me my Dr:
Friend
Yrs: Affly: & sincerely
PDartrey
Dinner coming
we leave this tomorrow
for Exeter -- then go to Bath &c --
I am so happy Ly: Wake is so near You --
just now -- God Bleʃs you my Dr: Friend.
Thos: quite well -- Julia well ------
all but a troublesome
[2]complaint in her Nose -- but you know her
Patience & She does not mind it --
pray give my kindest Love to Dr: Mrs: V.Vesey
& Mrs: Hancock, I did not hear of poor
Mr: Vesey's Death[3] 'till yesterday --
Mr: Antrobus begs I will add that he has gathered you
a bit of Moʃs from Stonehenge --
To
Mrs. Vesey Miʃs Hamilton[4]
Clarges Street
Piccadilly
London
[5]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. Presumably, the news of MH's engagement to John Dickenson.
2. This appears at the bottom of the page, parallel to the text in column 1.
3. Agmondesham Vesey died on 3 June 1785.
4. Clarges Street was Elizabeth Vesey's London residence, hence Lady Dartrey initially addressed the letter to Vesey in error, as Hamilton was staying with her at the time.
5. The remains of a black wax seal are visible at the top and bottom centre of the page.
Normalised Text
June 12th
1785
A few moments only am I allowed
to write & thank you for the good Tidings
I received from you Yesterday, or rather last
night -- when it was too late to thank you
for them. I do most sincerely & so does Lord
Dartrey rejoice that you ------ are so happy
after all your Agitation & Anxiety. -- I
wish we may be in Town before you
leave it, but it is impossible for
us to say when We shall return, as we
have Places to see &c which must depend
upon the Weather. I saw your Uncle
this Morning & he mentioned you with
great Regard -- Mr: Antrobus is
talking so to Lord Dartrey about his being hungry that
I do not know what I write, he begs to
be Respectfully remembered to you --
wh: I must add in the midst of my
Anger -- This is I believe the prettiest
Spot in the known World, how I do wish
you were here -- & where you are too for
Mr: Dickenson's sake -- pray make our best
Compliments to him & believe me my Dear
Friend
Yours Affectionately & sincerely
Philadelphia Dartrey
Dinner coming
we leave this tomorrow
for Exeter -- then go to Bath &c --
I am so happy Lady Wake is so near You --
just now -- God Bless you my Dear Friend.
Thomas quite well -- Julia well
all but a troublesome
complaint in her Nose -- but you know her
Patience & She does not mind it --
pray give my kindest Love to Dear Mrs: Vesey
& Mrs: Hancock, I did not hear of poor
Mr: Vesey's Death till yesterday --
Mr: Antrobus begs I will add that he has gathered you
a bit of Moss from Stonehenge --
To
Miss Hamilton
Clarges Street
Piccadilly
London
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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 Lady Dartrey (later Lady Cremorne) to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/11/27
Correspondence Details
Sender: Philadelphia Hannah, Baroness Cremorne Dawson (née Freame)
Place sent: Teignmouth
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 12 June 1785
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lady Dartrey to Mary Hamilton. She thanks Hamilton for her good tidings and wishes she was able to be in town before Hamilton leaves but is unable to be.
She notes that she saw Hamilton's Uncle Frederick and that he mentioned Hamilton 'with great Regard'.
Dated at Teignmouth.
Length: 1 sheet, 295 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 1 April 2020)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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Revision date: 2 November 2021