Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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HAM/1/15/1/26(2)

Note from Charlotte Margaret Gunning to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


My dear Friend, we are very much diʃsappointed
not to see you to day at dinner, but the cause
of your excuse makes me really unhappy
I  ------  partake all your anxietys & fears for your
dear little Girl -- pray let me know particul[arly]
how she does to day -- what is her Complaint?
I pray she may soon recover & relieve your
apprehensions & uneasineʃs -- I hope to see you
soon, I was last night at the Opera with the
Queen -- to night antient Musick -- tomorr[ow]
Drawingroom, I shall call on you Friday --
      adieu in haste -- yours & ever CM.G.


      9th. April 1788 St. James's
9th April
1788[1]

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My dear Friend, we are very much disappointed
not to see you to day at dinner, but the cause
of your excuse makes me really unhappy
I partake all your anxieties & fears for your
dear little Girl -- pray let me know particularly
how she does to day -- what is her Complaint?
I pray she may soon recover & relieve your
apprehensions & uneasiness -- I hope to see you
soon, I was last night at the Opera with the
Queen -- to night ancient Music -- tomorrow
Drawingroom, I shall call on you Friday --
      adieu in haste -- yours & ever Charlotte Margaret Gunning


     

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Metadata

Library References

Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Note from Charlotte Margaret Gunning to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/15/1/26(2)

Correspondence Details

Sender: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)

Place sent: London (certainty: medium)

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown (certainty: medium)

Date sent: 9 April 1788

Letter Description

Summary: This note, dated 9 April 1788, expresses regret for Hamilton's absence at dinner because of her daughter's illness.
    Original reference No. 27.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 101 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).

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: XML version: Research Assistant funding in 2014/15 and 2015/16 provided by the Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester.

Research assistant: Isabella Formisano, former MA student, University of Manchester

Research assistant: Carla Seabra-Dacosta, MA student, University of Vigo

Transliterator: Rhia Abukhalil, undergraduate student, University of Manchester (submitted May 2016)

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: 28 April 2023

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