Diplomatic Text
Sunday Night
My Dearest
Tho I think it most likely that I shall not
have five minutes, yet to convince you that
I will kepep my word I take the Pen the
first moment I can which is at a quarter
before ten Sunday Night, I am writing
to you from my own Room, which I
am delighted with & where I hope we
shall in due time spend some comfortable
hours together, I hope to hear this
day has been a happy one to you
& that no unlucky expreʃsion has
embittered it, believe me my dear I
most heartily & sincerely wish you
happineʃs, thorns there are in every
state, but a contented mind I know
by experience gathers the Roses notwithstand[in]g
& such I am sure yours is.
We arrived safe at the Castle at
Seven last Night, & spent the Evg
till 9 as usual, this Morg at eight
we all went to the Chapel, after
breakfasted in Mrs Hagedorns
new Room with Genl Fritag Genl
Budé Col Hotham & Mr Arnald,
The King Princes & all their
Gentlemen afterwards took their
walk, & the Queen read us a Sermon
Ly Charlotte & Ly Egremont
attending, nothing worth relating
paʃsed from that hour till nine
there, when we proceeded to the Castle
& dined in the same Room that you
remember, I often thought of you &
wished for you, dont die, but Baron
Albr --- laben dined with us & sat by
me. To morrow their Majesties &c &c
go to Eton to hear the Boys deliver
their Speeches, I scarcely think I shall
go as Pʃs Elizh does not. God Bleʃs
you I can not add another line
but to say that I am
Afftly Yr
MCG——
we do not set out
till 6 o Clock Tuesday Evg
Miʃs Hamilton
at Prince Ernest House
Kew
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Normalised Text
Sunday Night
My Dearest
Though I think it most likely that I shall not
have five minutes, yet to convince you that
I will keep my word I take the Pen the
first moment I can which is at a quarter
before ten Sunday Night, I am writing
to you from my own Room, which I
am delighted with & where I hope we
shall in due time spend some comfortable
hours together, I hope to hear this
day has been a happy one to you
& that no unlucky expression has
embittered it, believe me my dear I
most heartily & sincerely wish you
happiness, thorns there are in every
state, but a contented mind I know
by experience gathers the Roses notwithstanding
& such I am sure yours is.
We arrived safe at the Castle at
Seven last Night, & spent the Evening
till 9 as usual, this Morning at eight
we all went to the Chapel, after
breakfasted in Mrs Hagedorns
new Room with General Fritag General
Budé Colonel Hotham & Mr Arnald,
The King Princes & all their
Gentlemen afterwards took their
walk, & the Queen read us a Sermon
Lady Charlotte & Lady Egremont
attending, nothing worth relating
passed from that hour till nine
there, when we proceeded to the Castle
& dined in the same Room that you
remember, I often thought of you &
wished for you, dont die, but Baron
Albr --- laben dined with us & sat by
me. To morrow their Majesties &c &c
go to Eton to hear the Boys deliver
their Speeches, I scarcely think I shall
go as Princess Elizabeth does not. God Bless
you I can not add another line
but to say that I am
Affectionately Yours
Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
we do not set out
till 6 o'Clock Tuesday Evening
Miss Hamilton
at Prince Ernest House
Kew
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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 Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/14/4
Correspondence Details
Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
Place sent: Windsor
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Kew
Date sent: 25 July 1778
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton, concerning her safe arrival at the Queen's Lodge, and the Royal family.
Dated at the Queen's Lodge.
Original reference No. 4.
Length: 1 sheet, 313 words
Transliteration Information
Editorial declaration: First edited in the project 'Image to Text' (David Denison & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2013-2019), now incorporated 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: XML version: Research Assistant funding in 2018/19 provided by the Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester.
Research assistant: Chenming Gao, undergraduate student, University of Manchester
Transliterator: Shormi Khan Choua, MA student, Uppsala University (submitted June 2019)
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