Diplomatic Text
Miʃs Glover[1]
My Dr.. Mrs. Dickenson
My Mother bids me tell you how much she is
disappointed in not seeing you & Mr Dickenson here, & I hope you
will believe me if I say that it is a very great one to me,
Mr D. says that it will make you all very happy to see
us in Town for one day, but at the same time says
that parting is painful, indeed it is, you must not expect
us in Town as it is really out of my mothers power to
come, & indeded we have no where that we could sleep, as my
mother does not like to disturb Mrs. Grasty who is poor woman
too infirm to be put in a bustle, which our coming to London
would do, at the same time painful as it is to part with
those we love, had we not every expectation of seeing you again
in the winter I believe nothing would have prevented usour coming
& taking leave of you my Dear Mr & Mrs. Dickenson, since that is the case
you must excuse our taking leave by letter & accept the sincere
wishes My Dr Friends from my mother & myself for your health &
happineʃs. I received a letter from Mrs. Lenton the other day
She desires me to give her sincere congratulations to you
& Mr D.. wishing you many many happy years enjoyment
of each other with every happineʃs, she gives her best Compliments
to my Dr friend Anna Maria wishes much to hear that she has
taken poʃsession of some worthy mans heart, as she is sure that
that only can make her any amends for the loʃs of her Dr-
friend. I send this to Town by Mr Cole who will put in into
the penny post for me, he & Mrs. Cole present best Compts. to
Mr D.. & you & Mr Cole will be happy to see & make an
acquaintance with your Dr.. friend next winter, indeed I shall
look forward with pleasure to the Winter in the happy
hopes & expectation of seeing you, I think for the future
I will never set my heart on any thing, ever since the
21st.. of June how have I long'd & depended on your spending
some happy days here; but now alas I must give it quite up.
I must beg to receive a few lines from you before you
leave Town for good. Adieu my Dr Dr Mrs: Dickenson
& believe me your very sincere
& Affectionate
Mary Glover
My Mother unites in kind
love to you & yours.[2]
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Normalised Text
My Dear Mrs. Dickenson
My Mother bids me tell you how much she is
disappointed in not seeing you & Mr Dickenson here, & I hope you
will believe me if I say that it is a very great one to me,
Mr Dickenson says that it will make you all very happy to see
us in Town for one day, but at the same time says
that parting is painful, indeed it is, you must not expect
us in Town as it is really out of my mothers power to
come, & indeed we have no where that we could sleep, as my
mother does not like to disturb Mrs. Grasty who is poor woman
too infirm to be put in a bustle, which our coming to London
would do, at the same time painful as it is to part with
those we love, had we not every expectation of seeing you again
in the winter I believe nothing would have prevented our coming
& taking leave of you my Dear Mr & Mrs. Dickenson, since that is the case
you must excuse our taking leave by letter & accept the sincere
wishes My Dear Friends from my mother & myself for your health &
happiness. I received a letter from Mrs. Lenton the other day
She desires me to give her sincere congratulations to you
& Mr Dickenson wishing you many many happy years enjoyment
of each other with every happiness, she gives her best Compliments
to my Dear friend Anna Maria wishes much to hear that she has
taken possession of some worthy mans heart, as she is sure that
that only can make her any amends for the loss of her Dear
friend. I send this to Town by Mr Cole who will put it into
the penny post for me, he & Mrs. Cole present best Compliments to
Mr Dickenson & you & Mr Cole will be happy to see & make an
acquaintance with your Dear friend next winter, indeed I shall
look forward with pleasure to the Winter in the happy
hopes & expectation of seeing you, I think for the future
I will never set my heart on any thing, ever since the
21st.. of June how have I longed & depended on your spending
some happy days here; but now alas I must give it quite up.
I must beg to receive a few lines from you before you
leave Town for good. Adieu my Dear Dear Mrs: Dickenson
& believe me your very sincere
& Affectionate
Mary Glover
My Mother unites in kind
love to you & yours.
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Mary Glover to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/13/23
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Glover
Place sent: Sunninghill
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 14 July 1785
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary Glover to Mary Hamilton. She writes of her mother’s and her own disappointment at not seeing Hamilton and her husband at their house. She notes that it is not in her mother’s power to come to town to visit Hamilton indeed if they did come they would have no where to sleep as her mother does not like to disturb Mrs Granty who she describes as ‘too infirm’ to be put to so much trouble in preparing for their visit. Although it is painful to leave those we love, Glover notes that if she was not in hopes of seeing Hamilton next Winter nothing would have prevented her coming to take leave of her. She asks that she excuses her taking her leave by letter. Glover also writes messages of congratulations to Hamilton from other acquaintances.
Dated at Sunning Hill.
Original reference No. 11.
Length: 1 sheet, 443 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).
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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: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 15 June 2020)
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