Diplomatic Text
I can not inclose a Letter without writing a couple
of lines with it, to thank you my Dear for
your welcome Epistle, I hope to hear you have
begun to ------ & that you are much the better
for it, -- Their Majesties came home yesterdy
Evg, which I am sincerely glad of, I take
the first moment to go and see my Friend
Lady Cowper, which visit I own I am
aprehensive of, as I much fear I shall
find her very ill. Rupert says we all
go to Windsor next Friday, and are to do so
every Friday, & return here every Wedy the
little Princes likewise I shall know for
certain by Thursday & will in my
Letter to Dear Lady Charlotte mention
it. I am very happy you spend yr-
time so much to your Satisfaction, & feel
very sincerely all the kind things you
say to me on that Subject, believe me
I am not Selfish, & it is a comfort to
me to think & know that my Friends
are happy. We have now as their Majesties
are here additional Guards, and at Night
a Patrole of Dragoons, however every thing
is quiet for the present in London.[1]
I shall hope to hear that you recd the
Silk Stockings & a Locket safe, they
went last Saturday by the Lewes Coach --
Pray give my Affte Duty to Dear Prʃs
Elizth, her three Sisters are at Dinner
with their Majesties and the Elder Princes,
Prʃs Mary however has dined, but
sits by, & nothing can be more charming
than her whole Behaviour -- God Bleʃs
you my Dear Friend, Love to Dear
Lady Charlotte
Affly Yr-
MCGoldsworthy
be careful about your Letters, as I should
have been obliged to shew yours but I
burnt it purposely the Night before
I was to see the Queen, therefore what
you wish should not be seen write
upon a Separate Piece of Paper --
July 1st 1780
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Normalised Text
I can not enclose a Letter without writing a couple
of lines with it, to thank you my Dear for
your welcome Epistle, I hope to hear you have
begun to ------ & that you are much the better
for it, -- Their Majesties came home yesterday
Evening, which I am sincerely glad of, I take
the first moment to go and see my Friend
Lady Cowper, which visit I own I am
apprehensive of, as I much fear I shall
find her very ill. Rupert says we all
go to Windsor next Friday, and are to do so
every Friday, & return here every Wednesday the
little Princes likewise I shall know for
certain by Thursday & will in my
Letter to Dear Lady Charlotte mention
it. I am very happy you spend your
time so much to your Satisfaction, & feel
very sincerely all the kind things you
say to me on that Subject, believe me
I am not Selfish, & it is a comfort to
me to think & know that my Friends
are happy. We have now as their Majesties
are here additional Guards, and at Night
a Patrol of Dragoons, however every thing
is quiet for the present in London.
I shall hope to hear that you received the
Silk Stockings & a Locket safe, they
went last Saturday by the Lewes Coach --
Pray give my Affectionate Duty to Dear Princess
Elizabeth, her three Sisters are at Dinner
with their Majesties and the Elder Princes,
Princess Mary however has dined, but
sits by, & nothing can be more charming
than her whole Behaviour -- God Bless
you my Dear Friend, Love to Dear
Lady Charlotte
Affectionately Yours
Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
be careful about your Letters, as I should
have been obliged to show yours but I
burnt it purposely the Night before
I was to see the Queen, therefore what
you wish should not be seen write
upon a Separate Piece of Paper --
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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/1/14/44
Correspondence Details
Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
Place sent: Kew
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 1 July 1780
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton. She writes with general news and of friends at Court and with how her time is spent. She reports that the King and Queen retuned the previous evening and that she is very glad of it and notes that there are a number of additional guards at the house and a patrol of Dragoons.
Goldsworthy is happy that Hamilton's spirits have improved as she notes that she is not selfish and it is a comfort to her to know that her friends are happy. She ends her letter advising Hamilton to be 'careful' of her letters and notes that she purposely burnt a letter the night before she was to go to the Queen.
Dated at Kew House.
Original reference No. 33.
Length: 1 sheet, 329 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: Catharina Gaby Romero, 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