HAM/1/11/49
Letter from Lady Dartrey (later Lady Cremorne) to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
Dear Mrs: Dickenson
Will you & Mr: D and
Miʃs D—— come & take a family
Dinner with us tomorrow
My dr: Lord Cremorne is
so much better, that I shall
be happy for you to see him.
On Saturday he was low &
wearied, but to day he is
remarkably well, & will be
happy in seeing you all at
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4 o'Clock, tomorrow, if you
happen to be disengaged. I hope
all are well,
Your's in haste as
usual & very sincerely
PCremorne
If you prefer early Tea
I beg you to come at
that time -- if 4 o'Clock
will not hurry Mr: D. we
sd. like that best.
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Normalised Text
Monday
Dear Mrs: Dickenson
Will you & Mr: Dickenson and
Miss Dickenson come & take a family
Dinner with us tomorrow
My dear Lord Cremorne is
so much better, that I shall
be happy for you to see him.
On Saturday he was low &
wearied, but to day he is
remarkably well, & will be
happy in seeing you all at
4 o'Clock, tomorrow, if you
happen to be disengaged. I hope
all are well,
Your's in haste as
usual & very sincerely
Philadelphia Cremorne
If you prefer early Tea
I beg you to come at
that time -- if 4 o'Clock
will not hurry Mr: Dickenson we
should like that best.
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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/1/11/49
Correspondence Details
Sender: Philadelphia Hannah, Baroness Cremorne Dawson (née Freame)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: not before 2 September 1788
notBefore 2 September 1788 (precision: high)
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Lady Cremorne (formerly Dartrey) to Mary Hamilton, inviting her, John Dickenson and their daughter to dine with Cremorne.
Length: 1 sheet, 114 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 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