Diplomatic Text
My Dear Miʃs Hamilton
I have wrote all the particulars concerning
myself in answer to all the kind Enquiries from the Queen's
Houʃe, in a Letter directed to Miʃs Goldsworthy, & did not send
it (as I was but first up) till she was gone out to Dinner,
My Servant says he gave it to Mrs Cheveley who said She
would carry it to Pʃs Royal; now I beg the favour of you
to let it be open'd, as it conveys my thanks that are so much
due at the Queen's Houʃe, together with all I can say about
myself. I was very sorry I could not ʃee you Yesterday
Evening when you so kindly offer'd to call, & hope my
Servant explain'd to you my reasons for being obliged
to decline that pleasure. I am very Sensible of all your
kind attentions & remain my dear Miʃs Hamilton
Most Affly. Yrs.
CFinch
Wednesday ½ past 4.[1]
Miʃs Hamilton[2]
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Normalised Text
My Dear Miss Hamilton
I have written all the particulars concerning
myself in answer to all the kind Enquiries from the Queen's
House, in a Letter directed to Miss Goldsworthy, & did not send
it (as I was but first up) till she was gone out to Dinner,
My Servant says he gave it to Mrs Cheveley who said She
would carry it to Princess Royal; now I beg the favour of you
to let it be opened, as it conveys my thanks that are so much
due at the Queen's House, together with all I can say about
myself. I was very sorry I could not see you Yesterday
Evening when you so kindly offered to call, & hope my
Servant explained to you my reasons for being obliged
to decline that pleasure. I am very Sensible of all your
kind attentions & remain my dear Miss Hamilton
Most Affectionately Yours
Charlotte Finch
Wednesday ½ past 4.
Miss Hamilton
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/12/55
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: between June 1777 and November 1782
notBefore June 1777 (precision: medium)
notAfter November 1782 (precision: medium)
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton. She had written a letter answering all the kind enquiries from the Queen’s House to Miss Goldsworthy but did not post it. She sent it via a servant but Miss Goldsworthy had gone to dinner so he gave it Mrs Cheveley who said she would pass it to the Princess Royal. Finch asks that the letter be opened as it conveys her thanks as well as news of herself.
Length: 1 sheet, 160 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 15 May 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: 27 September 2023