Diplomatic Text
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Louvre[1] 25th. Thursday Novbr 1779
[2] I cannot see to write this dreadful cold
has now lodged itself in my Head my eyes are almost
closed -- & ye. pain I suffer is beyond description
-- cld. yo see me at this instant you wld. scold me
for attempting to write ------------------------
------------------ Miʃs Tryon told me yesterday
she had heard from you -- you were well --
thank God -- I am just come from Ldy. Stormonts
-- the meeting is over -- my U. came on
Tuesday Eveg -- I have ten 1000 things to say but my
Head is at this moment in such an agony of
pain that I can only add Heaven Bleʃs you
[3]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. A place at court, probably St. James.
2. The top left-hand corner of the sheet has been cut away, which likely included a salutation.
3. The start of HAM/1/15/2/4(2) is visible behind this note.
Normalised Text
Louvre 25th. Thursday November 1779
I cannot see to write this dreadful cold
has now lodged itself in my Head my eyes are almost
closed -- & the pain I suffer is beyond description
-- could you see me at this instant you would scold me
for attempting to write ------------------------
------------------ Miss Tryon told me yesterday
she had heard from you -- you were well --
thank God -- I am just come from Lady Stormonts
-- the meeting is over -- my Uncle came on
Tuesday Evening -- I have ten 1000 things to say but my
Head is at this moment in such an agony of
pain that I can only add Heaven Bless you
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning
Shelfmark: HAM/1/15/2/4(1)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: London
Addressee: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 25 November 1779
Letter Description
Summary: In this note (25 November 1779) Hamilton writes on her poor health.
She is ill with a cold which has affected her eyes which have almost
closed and she is finding it difficult for her to write. Hamilton writes
that she has much to do but, because of the pain that she is in, she is unable
to.
Original reference No. 4.
Length: 1 sheet, 108 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 6 October 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: 28 April 2023