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HAM/1/14/111

Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


104.

Windsor Castle
Monday
Decbr 31
1811[1]


Having got a Franke from my
Youngest Son I return with
many, many thanks to
you my dearst Mrs Dickenson
the valuable Portrait,
 ------  admired it much
as did Dear Pʃs Mary
H R H has now got safe
in her tower the Extracts
which she is much pleased
with, tho' from illneʃs
& the constant interuption
that occaʃsions has not


yet read many, I am sorry
to say tho' much recovered
from Her Fever, Miss
now suffers from a very
Stiff Neck, & can scarcely
move Her Head --
You will receive this
in the Commencement
of a New Year, & most
sincerly do I wish you
my dear Mrs Dickens
Mr Dickenson, & your


Truly amiable daughter, as
much Happineʃs during
that & many succeeding
years as this uncertain World
can give -- Miʃs Gomm
will be in Town the 4th
of January -- as to myself
I can give no Time, but
you shall know, & I hope
we may meet & that
my Flirtation with
Mr Dickenson will
be renewed -- God Bleʃs
you -- Yr Affly MCGoldsworthy

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Notes


 1. 31 December 1811 was a Tuesday, suggesting either the writer made a mistake, or that this is the date of receipt, rather than writing.

Normalised Text





Having got a Franke from my
Youngest Son I return with
many, many thanks to
you my dearest Mrs Dickenson
the valuable Portrait,
 ------  admired it much
as did Dear Princess Mary
Her Royal Highness has now got safe
in her tower the Extracts
which she is much pleased
with, though from illness
& the constant interruption
that occassions has not


yet read many, I am sorry
to say though much recovered
from Her Fever, Miss
now suffers from a very
Stiff Neck, & can scarcely
move Her Head --
You will receive this
in the Commencement
of a New Year, & most
sincerely do I wish you
my dear Mrs Dickens
Mr Dickenson, & your


Truly amiable daughter, as
much Happiness during
that & many succeeding
years as this uncertain World
can give -- Miss Gomm
will be in Town the 4th
of January -- as to myself
I can give no Time, but
you shall know, & I hope
we may meet & that
my Flirtation with
Mr Dickenson will
be renewed -- God Bless
you -- Yours Affectionately Martha Carolina Goldsworthy

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 1. 31 December 1811 was a Tuesday, suggesting either the writer made a mistake, or that this is the date of receipt, rather than writing.

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/1/14/111

Correspondence Details

Sender: Martha Carolina Goldsworthy

Place sent: Windsor

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 31 December 1811

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Martha Carolina Goldsworthy to Mary Hamilton. She writes with general news of who is in town and of Hamilton's 'amiable daughter', Louisa.
    Dated at Windsor Castle.
    Original reference No. 104.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 178 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 9 October 2020)

Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library

Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors

Revision date: 2 November 2021

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