HAM/1/13/10
Incomplete letter from Eleanor Glover (née Lenton) to Mary Hamilton
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My Dear Miranda
With pleasure I can
acquaint You, that my Dear Mr. Glover
has had a regular fit of the Gout, which
I hope will prove salutary; I wish you
cou'd give us a peep; he looks well, sleeps well,
with a good appetite; & in course, his spirits
better than usual. -- You can't have Your
Fathers Picture till I return to Town.
I am very certain You will excuse the
liberty I take in behalf of a poor family,
a Man & his Wife, with nine Children; he
was taken ill a twelve month last Sept.,
& has never been able to do one Days work
since; they live about 4 miles from this
Place, I went to see them; they bear an
excellent character, I found them
perfectly clean, altho in rags;
I have opend a subscription for them, &
have sent two Children to school; yes-
terday I sent some cloathing for them:
will you be so kind, as from your Self,
to state this distreʃs'd family to the Queen,
or any other part of the family, that you
may see proper; I must tell you this
good Womans Mother, brought up nine
Children with credit, but she poor
creature last May had a stroke of the
Palsy, which has taken away all her
limbs, she is now my pensioner for
life, & was from the first of her being
taken; this good Daughter of hers,
attended her sick Mother for three
Months, when She was so very bad,
they did not think She cou'd live,
for many weeks; but now her health
is so good, she may live for some
Years to come: only think of the
merit of this good Woman, leaveing[1]
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My Dear Miranda
With pleasure I can
acquaint You, that my Dear Mr. Glover
has had a regular fit of the Gout, which
I hope will prove salutary; I wish you
could give us a peep; he looks well, sleeps well,
with a good appetite; & in course, his spirits
better than usual. -- You can't have Your
Fathers Picture till I return to Town.
I am very certain You will excuse the
liberty I take in behalf of a poor family,
a Man & his Wife, with nine Children; he
was taken ill a twelve month last September,
& has never been able to do one Days work
since; they live about 4 miles from this
Place, I went to see them; they bear an
excellent character, I found them
perfectly clean, although in rags;
I have opened a subscription for them, &
have sent two Children to school; yesterday
I sent some clothing for them:
will you be so kind, as from your Self,
to state this distressed family to the Queen,
or any other part of the family, that you
may see proper; I must tell you this
good Womans Mother, brought up nine
Children with credit, but she poor
creature last May had a stroke of the
Palsy, which has taken away all her
limbs, she is now my pensioner for
life, & was from the first of her being
taken; this good Daughter of hers,
attended her sick Mother for three
Months, when She was so very bad,
they did not think She could live,
for many weeks; but now her health
is so good, she may live for some
Years to come: only think of the
merit of this good Woman, leaving
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Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Incomplete letter from Eleanor Glover (née Lenton) to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/13/10
Correspondence Details
Sender: Eleanor Glover (née Lenton)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: not after 29 August 1784
notAfter 29 August 1784 (precision: high)
Letter Description
Summary: Incomplete letter from Mrs Eleanor Glover to Mary Hamilton. The letter relates to Mr Glover’s health and to a painting of him by Opie [John Opie (1761-1807), portrait and history painter] that is to be given to Hamilton. Glover also asks Hamilton if she could inform the Queen of a distressed family that is in need of assistance.
Although undated, the letter makes reference to the contents of a subsequent letter HAM/1/13/12.
Original reference No 24.
Length: 1 sheet, 287 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 18 June 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