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HAM/1/11/32

Letter from Lady Dartrey (later Lady Cremorne) to John Dickenson

Diplomatic Text


32
[1]
Weymouth
      Febr: 3d.

      1787

My Dr: Sir


      I am sure you will excuse this
Scrap of Paper, to thank you for yr
very kind Letter, & the delightful
Intellegence it contained of our
Dr: Friend, being so well & nursing
her dr: precious Infant. I am greatly
obliged to you for yr: kind Attention in
writing again; I hope you recd. my
Letter of Congratulations. I long to
hear again tho' I can scarcely ask it,
& pray remember to seal your next
for yr: last came unsealed. SheThe kindest
Wishes attend you all -- from Lord C.


our young Folks, & from
                             Yr: sincere faithful
                                  & Obliged
                                                         PCremorne

Dr: Julia's Cough has
ben very troublesome; & we have
fixed upon leaving this Place next
wednesday, for Chelsea -- She quite
longs, to be there, & we are impatient
to take her. I only grieve that
we cannot take this Fine mild
Climate with us. Tell my Dr: Mrs:
D. how I do long to see her & her
      Dr: Baby. --



pray direct to Stanhope Street[2]



Viscounteʃs Cremorne
recd: Janry 8 -- 1787[3]

To
      John Dickenson Esqr:[4]
                             [5]Bath
[6]

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Notes


 1. The shelfmark at the top right is erroneously written as HAM/1/11/33 instead of HAM/1/11/32.
 2. This postscript appears in the middle of the page.
 3. The month is clearly an error for February, given the dateline on p.1, and the fact that Louisa was only born on 26 January.
 4. Faded postmark to the right of the address, which reads ...OUTH, originally WEYMOUTH.
 5. A large manuscript figure ‘5’ in black ink, denoting postage due, is written to the left of ‘Bath’.
 6. A mostly intact seal.

Normalised Text



Weymouth
      February 3d.

     

My Dear Sir


      I am sure you will excuse this
Scrap of Paper, to thank you for your
very kind Letter, & the delightful
Intelligence it contained of our
Dear Friend, being so well & nursing
her dear precious Infant. I am greatly
obliged to you for your kind Attention in
writing again; I hope you received my
Letter of Congratulations. I long to
hear again though I can scarcely ask it,
& pray remember to seal your next
for your last came unsealed. The kindest
Wishes attend you all -- from Lord Cremorne


our young Folks, & from
                             Your sincere faithful
                                  & Obliged
                                                         Philadelphia Cremorne

Dear Julia's Cough has
ben very troublesome; & we have
fixed upon leaving this Place next
wednesday, for Chelsea -- She quite
longs, to be there, & we are impatient
to take her. I only grieve that
we cannot take this Fine mild
Climate with us. Tell my Dear Mrs:
Dickenson how I do long to see her & her
      Dear Baby. --



pray direct to Stanhope Street





To
      John Dickenson Esqr:
                             Bath

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 1. The shelfmark at the top right is erroneously written as HAM/1/11/33 instead of HAM/1/11/32.
 2. This postscript appears in the middle of the page.
 3. The month is clearly an error for February, given the dateline on p.1, and the fact that Louisa was only born on 26 January.
 4. Faded postmark to the right of the address, which reads ...OUTH, originally WEYMOUTH.
 5. A large manuscript figure ‘5’ in black ink, denoting postage due, is written to the left of ‘Bath’.
 6. A mostly intact seal.

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 John Dickenson

Shelfmark: HAM/1/11/32

Correspondence Details

Sender: Philadelphia Hannah, Baroness Cremorne Dawson (née Freame)

Place sent: Weymouth

Addressee: John Dickenson

Place received: Bath

Date sent: 3 February 1787

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to John Dickenson, thanking Hamilton for her letter and the intelligence that it contained. She also writes on the health of her daughter Julia, who is suffering with a cough.
    Dated at Weymouth [Dorset].
   

Length: 1 sheet, 179 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: Tino Oudesluijs, editorial team (completed 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: 28 February 2022

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