Diplomatic Text
The melancholy contents of this letter my dear Mr..
Dickenson will break in the best manner he is able to
his amiable wife, Alas, my once lov'd & dearest friend Mrs:
Jackson is no more, she departed from this world of sorrow
& anxiety on Monday at two o'clock; She was better after
her first attack & the Wednesday before she died she said
to Mrs: Barnard, though I feel much better to day I may
have a relapse, I wish to receive the sacrament, she did
receive it, & bore her journey to Harwood last thursday
much better than was expected, but when she arrived
there she knew nothing of the place, & from that day
to her death continued very bad indeed. My Mother wrote
to dear A Maria yesterday to beg her to come to us wth: Bell
& if she could not come to us that she would go to Town.
Nanny is a saint, May the Almighty shower down his
bleʃsing on her & still inable her to support herself through this
this dreadful scene of affliction.
I hardly know what I wish & my hand trembles to such
a degree that I can scarcely hold my pen, nor should I
have written but that I was fearful that Mrs. D——
might see it unexpectedly in a newspaper; my love to
her. I have been ill of a billious fever since I came
into the Country, I am better a great deal.
My Mother & Mrs. Lenton desire to be kindly remembered
to you both Adieu my dear Mr. Dickenson
& believe me yr Ever oblig'd friend
M.. Glover
P.S..
Let me hear from you soon, dear Mrs: D: what will
she not feel, I pity her, I pity myself for I dearly lov'd
the dear Catherine; but ------ my dearest A. Maria
but she is an angel & will be happier than this world
could have made her, had she recover'd, as her illneʃs
would have ever been been present to her imagenation.
Miʃs Glover ------------------ [1]
1786[2]
Recd. at Mr Dewes
Welsbourne[3] Warwickshire[4]
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Normalised Text
The melancholy contents of this letter my dear Mr..
Dickenson will break in the best manner he is able to
his amiable wife, Alas, my once loved & dearest friend Mrs:
Jackson is no more, she departed from this world of sorrow
& anxiety on Monday at two o'clock; She was better after
her first attack & the Wednesday before she died she said
to Mrs: Barnard, though I feel much better to day I may
have a relapse, I wish to receive the sacrament, she did
receive it, & bore her journey to Harwood last thursday
much better than was expected, but when she arrived
there she knew nothing of the place, & from that day
to her death continued very bad indeed. My Mother wrote
to dear Anna Maria yesterday to beg her to come to us with Bell
& if she could not come to us that she would go to Town.
Nanny is a saint, May the Almighty shower down his
blessing on her & still enable her to support herself through
this dreadful scene of affliction.
I hardly know what I wish & my hand trembles to such
a degree that I can scarcely hold my pen, nor should I
have written but that I was fearful that Mrs. Dickenson
might see it unexpectedly in a newspaper; my love to
her. I have been ill of a bilious fever since I came
into the Country, I am better a great deal.
My Mother & Mrs. Lenton desire to be kindly remembered
to you both Adieu my dear Mr. Dickenson
& believe me your Ever obliged friend
Mary Glover
P.S..
Let me hear from you soon, dear Mrs: Dickenson what will
she not feel, I pity her, I pity myself for I dearly loved
the dear Catherine;
but she is an angel & happier than this world
could have made her, had she recovered, as her illness
would have ever been present to her imagination.
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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 John Dickenson
Shelfmark: HAM/1/13/39
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Glover
Place sent: Sunninghill
Addressee: John Dickenson
Place received: Wellesbourne
Date sent: 11 July 1786
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary Glover to John Dickenson, on the death of her friend Mrs Catherine Jackson (see HAM/1/10). She finds it difficult to write but was fearful that Hamilton would hear of the news via the newspapers.
Dated at Sunning Hill.
Original reference No. 18.
Length: 1 sheet, 334 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 29 June 2020)
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Revision date: 21 October 2023