Diplomatic Text
I have only within this Hour
my dr Friend red y-- Note
wc̅h is dated yesterday, you
will when the Queen is about
find me generally in my
Room, between two & four
& always happy to see you
if you should be able to
come to morrow let it be at
three if ityou can, as I
shall not be alone at two,
when the Queen is in Town
I generally come to my Room
(if I can) a little after one59[1]
Every Body is well, I will
deliver your Love & Comps.
& I am sure I may return
them warmly. Me de La
Fite intended calling
upon you this Morg --
I have got a Cough
but I really think it is
only the Cold that every
body has, for I am thank
God otherways well --
very Affly my dr
Yr[2]
MCGoldsworthy
½ pt 3
Sunday -- 1st Decbr. 1782
Miʃs Hamilton
St James's
[3]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. This annotation is written vertically.
2. Based on the usual fixed phrasing in the closing salutation ((very) Affectionately yours), here it seems as if Martha Carolina Goldsworthy added my dearest after having written very Affectionately yours, although it is difficult to know for sure.
3. Remains of seal, in red wax.
Normalised Text
I have only within this Hour
my dear Friend received your Note
which is dated yesterday, you
will when the Queen is about
find me generally in my
Room, between two & four
& always happy to see you
if you should be able to
come to morrow let it be at
three if you can, as I
shall not be alone at two,
when the Queen is in Town
I generally come to my Room
(if I can) a little after one
Every Body is well, I will
deliver your Love & Compliments
& I am sure I may return
them warmly. Madame de La
Fite intended calling
upon you this Morning --
I have got a Cough
but I really think it is
only the Cold that every
body has, for I am thank
God otherways well --
very Affectionately my dear
Yours
Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
½ past 3
Sunday --
Miss Hamilton
St James's
quotations, spellings, uncorrected forms, split words, abbreviations, formatting)
Notes
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/1/14/65
Correspondence Details
Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 1 December 1782
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton. She writes with
general news, of the Queen being in town and of acquaintances who had
intended to call on Hamilton.
Length: 1 sheet, 154 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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 29 September 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