Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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HAM/1/12/87

Note from Harriet Finch to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


Is it poʃsible I can be so fortunate as to prevail on you to Call on
me any time from five till twelve to night -- I shall be entirely
alone -- All my friends having forsaken me -- I have not
been quite well from some few days -- was very well &
very Riotous yesterday -- & to day stay at home to recruit[1] --
I shd be rejoiced to receive you if you can come for
a moment, or many moments -- for believe
                                                         me yr Oblig'd & Sincere
                                                                        H F


Miʃs Hamilton
St James's[2]

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Notes


 1. ‘To return to strength, health, etc.; to recuperate, recover’ (OED s.v. recruit v. 3a. Accessed 02-06-2020).
 2. The direction is split in two, with different orientations, by unfolding.

Normalised Text


Is it possible I can be so fortunate as to prevail on you to Call on
me any time from five till twelve to night -- I shall be entirely
alone -- All my friends having forsaken me -- I have not
been quite well from some few days -- was very well &
very Riotous yesterday -- & to day stay at home to recruit --
I should be rejoiced to receive you if you can come for
a moment, or many moments -- for believe
                                                         me your Obliged & Sincere
                                                                        Harriet Finch


Miss Hamilton
St James's

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 1. ‘To return to strength, health, etc.; to recuperate, recover’ (OED s.v. recruit v. 3a. Accessed 02-06-2020).
 2. The direction is split in two, with different orientations, by unfolding.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Note from Harriet Finch to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/12/87

Correspondence Details

Sender: Harriet Finch

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: London

Date sent: between June 1777 and November 1782
notBefore June 1777 (precision: high)
notAfter November 1782 (precision: high)

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Harriet Finch to Mary Hamilton, arranging for Hamilton to call on her.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 91 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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 2 June 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

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