HAM/1/16/23
Note from Lady Frances Harpur (née Greville) to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
Dear Miʃs Hamilton
I am very sorry It will not be in My
Power to come to You tomorrow Evening -- as I Have
a Cold in one Eye; Which May be encreased by
going out, as It Is so Cold. If you have only Invited
Lady Wallingford, & Lady Caroline Peachy, perhaps
You would not dislike, adjourning the Party Here;
but If not convenient to You; must beg You will
excuse me till some Day next Week, as I am
engaged If I am well enough to go out; till
after Monday -- If you have not Invited any
But those I have Mentioned, or Mrs. Leland,
as they are all in My Neighbourhood -- If you
determine on coming, Here tomorrow Evening,
I can let them know, to save You the Trouble;
I am afraid I cannot offer our Carriage, as Sr.
Harry Is so particular as to His Horses; & Is very
glad during this Weather that I stay at Home;
I mention this, not to put You to any difficul=
=ties, that You May fix accordingly --
I am dear Miʃs Hamilton, ever Yrs. Most
Affecly -- Frances Harpur
Wednesday -- 11th. Febry 1784
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Normalised Text
Dear Miss Hamilton
I am very sorry It will not be in My
Power to come to You tomorrow Evening -- as I Have
a Cold in one Eye; Which May be increased by
going out, as It Is so Cold. If you have only Invited
Lady Wallingford, & Lady Caroline Peachy, perhaps
You would not dislike, adjourning the Party Here;
but If not convenient to You; must beg You will
excuse me till some Day next Week, as I am
engaged If I am well enough to go out; till
after Monday -- If you have not Invited any
But those I have Mentioned, or Mrs. Leland,
as they are all in My Neighbourhood -- If you
determine on coming, Here tomorrow Evening,
I can let them know, to save You the Trouble;
I am afraid I cannot offer our Carriage, as Sir
Harry Is so particular as to His Horses; & Is very
glad during this Weather that I stay at Home;
I mention this, not to put You to any difficulties
, that You May fix accordingly --
I am dear Miss Hamilton, ever Yours Most
Affectionately -- Frances Harpur
Wednesday --
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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/1/16/23
Correspondence Details
Sender: Frances Elizabeth Harpur (née Greville)
Place sent: unknown
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 11 February 1784
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Lady Frances Harpur to Mary Hamilton, rearranging a visit.
Length: 1 sheet, 188 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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 24 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