HAM/1/16/22
Note from Lady Frances Harpur (née Greville) to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
Dear Miʃs Hamilton
I am quite Sorry that I am obliged to send
You another Excuse; But It Is quite Impoʃsible for
Me to come to You tomorrow. My Eyes have
been very Bad since I wrote to You; one still
continues so; the other Is quite Well; & as I find
Much Relief since Yesterday from a new Reme=
=dy, Hope In a few Days to be Much Better;
But cannot Name any Day for coming to
You; the Weather Is so Bad for a Chair; that
I cannot ask You to come so far; unleʃs any
Friend can Accomodate You w. a Carriage; am
very Sorry It Is not in My Power to offer ours;
You will not doubt My Inclination, & My desire
of seeing You; but shd. not wish It, at the Expence
of any Inconvenience to you; so that as I shall
probably be confined some Days; any Eveng.
that suits you shall be glad If you will
call; -- pray tell Mrs. Delany, that the Com=
=plaint In My Eye, prevents My going on
w. Her Knotting at present; I gave some
to Lady Wallingford on Tuesday -- I shall go on, as
soon as I am Better; -- I am dear Miʃs Hamilton
Yrs. Most Affecly --
Frances Harpur
Thursday -- 19th. Feby 1784
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Normalised Text
Dear Miss Hamilton
I am quite Sorry that I am obliged to send
You another Excuse; But It Is quite Impossible for
Me to come to You tomorrow. My Eyes have
been very Bad since I wrote to You; one still
continues so; the other Is quite Well; & as I find
Much Relief since Yesterday from a new Remedy
, Hope In a few Days to be Much Better;
But cannot Name any Day for coming to
You; the Weather Is so Bad for a Chair; that
I cannot ask You to come so far; unless any
Friend can Accommodate You with a Carriage; am
very Sorry It Is not in My Power to offer ours;
You will not doubt My Inclination, & My desire
of seeing You; but should not wish It, at the Expense
of any Inconvenience to you; so that as I shall
probably be confined some Days; any Evening
that suits you shall be glad If you will
call; -- pray tell Mrs. Delany, that the Complaint
In My Eye, prevents My going on
with Her Knotting at present; I gave some
to Lady Wallingford on Tuesday -- I shall go on, as
soon as I am Better; -- I am dear Miss Hamilton
Yours Most Affectionately --
Frances Harpur
Thursday --
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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 Lady Frances Harpur (née Greville) to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/16/22
Correspondence Details
Sender: Frances Elizabeth Harpur (née Greville)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 19 February 1784
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Lady Frances Harpur to Mary Hamilton. She is unable to meet Hamilton as she is ill. She is suffering from an eye complaint but notes that she has tried a new remedy and seems to be doing well. She asks that Hamilton tell Mrs Delany that she has been unable to carry on with her knotting as requested because of the complaint in her eye, but she has given some to Lady Wallingford.
Length: 1 sheet, 211 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: 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: Laura Peter, BA student, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (submitted 30 August 2022)
Transliterator: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 14 November 2022)
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: 2 December 2022