HAM/1/15/2/30
Incomplete journal-letter from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning
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[1]could form no judgment -- Their exterior
was not favorable. at least they would
not shine in a fine Ladys drawing Room
Mr. Montagu was attentive, polite, yet
silent & took no part in conversation.
his Tutor -- I could make nothing off --
his countenance said nothing, & I
did not hear ye. sound of his voice.
I left them at 8 & return'd home
I found a sober Whist party, at wch.
my amiable friend Mrs. Jackson aʃsisted
-- After Supper I enjoy'd a long tête
a tête -- ye. Subject was America
as I intend continuing to write in
this Manner keep these scrawls
it will serve sometime hence
to recall past days & furnish
us subjects of conversation[2]
God Bleʃs You my friend
I recd Your letter directed here
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Normalised Text
could form no judgement -- Their exterior
was not favourable. at least they would
not shine in a fine Ladys drawing Room
Mr. Montagu was attentive, polite, yet
silent & took no part in conversation.
his Tutor -- I could make nothing of --
his countenance said nothing, & I
did not hear the sound of his voice.
I left them at 8 & returned home
I found a sober Whist party, at which
my amiable friend Mrs. Jackson assisted
-- After Supper I enjoyed a long tête
a tête -- the Subject was America
as I intend continuing to write in
this Manner keep these scrawls
it will serve sometime hence
to recall past days & furnish
us subjects of conversation
God Bless You my friend
I received Your letter directed here
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Incomplete journal-letter from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning
Shelfmark: HAM/1/15/2/30
Correspondence Details
Sender: Mary Hamilton
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Charlotte Margaret Digby (née Gunning)
Place received: unknown
Date sent: May 1780
when May 1780 (precision: medium)
Letter Description
Summary: Incomplete journal-letter from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning relating to an engagement at a
party in which Mr Montagu was 'attentive' but she could make nothing of
his tutor's 'countenance'. Hamilton writes that she will continue 'to
write in this manner [and] keep these journals [as] it will serve
sometime hence to recall past days'.
Original reference No. 27
Length: 1 sheet, 128 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 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: 29 December 2023