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Babel -- 4th. July 1781
How grieved I am my beloved friend
that you have been so alarmed on my
Account, but it was unavoidable, I
thought at all events it was better for
you to hear from another than to suffer
the torment of suspense. I thank God
I am recovering very fast -- every
tender attention has been paid to Your
friend -- Sr. R. Jebb & Mr. Keate attended
me; my Illneʃs was a Nervous & Bilious
Fever -- I am much reduced in strength
tho' not I think in appearance.
Ah how ardently I wish I were with
you at H., & how delighted I feel
that You are so well -- write to me every
post if but two lines -- You have no idea
what a comfort it ist to me to hear from
You -- Sr. Wm. W. must give you franks for
us both, I have none to you at H.
Their M—— went to Leuctra this Morng
AttoʃsaPrinceʃs Royal on my Acct. is left behind -- she
will till Friday spend her time at the
Lower Lodge -- Adieu I shall soon be able
to write more at a time -- Adieu my
Dearest Dearest AstreaFriend
M Hamilton
Yor. Letter to her --
feel every mark of your tender
affection
4th July 1781[1]
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Babel -- 4th. July 1781
How grieved I am my beloved friend
that you have been so alarmed on my
Account, but it was unavoidable, I
thought at all events it was better for
you to hear from another than to suffer
the torment of suspense. I thank God
I am recovering very fast -- every
tender attention has been paid to Your
friend -- Sir Robert Jebb & Mr. Keate attended
me; my Illness was a Nervous & Bilious
Fever -- I am much reduced in strength
though not I think in appearance.
Ah how ardently I wish I were with
you at Horton, & how delighted I feel
that You are so well -- write to me every
post if but two lines -- You have no idea
what a comfort it is to me to hear from
You -- Sir William Wake must give you franks for
us both, I have none to you at Horton
Their Majesties went to Leuctra this Morning
Princess Royal on my Account is left behind -- she
will till Friday spend her time at the
Lower Lodge -- Adieu I shall soon be able
to write more at a time -- Adieu my
Dearest Dearest Friend
Mary Hamilton
Your Letter to her --
feel every mark of your tender
affection
4th July 1781
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Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning
Shelfmark: HAM/1/15/2/17
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: Windsor
Addressee: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 4 July 1781
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Gunning, dated 4 July 1781. It relates to a 'nervous & Bilious fever' that Hamilton has been suffering with. Hamilton also writes that Miss P. [Planta] has just sent her Gunning's letter and that she is 'sensible' of her 'tender affections'.
Dated at Babel.
Length: 1 sheet, 223 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 8 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: 22 December 2021