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Abbey 21st Octr 1771
My Dear Madam
As Mr Browne was out of town &
very buʃsie since his return till this day I
never could procure a sight of him -- I dellivred
your Meʃsage to him but was agreeably surprized
to find that no time had been lost as he tells
me he had received & answer'd a Letter from Mrs
Hamilton dated the 7th (a day beffore yours to me
was wrote) in which he told you about the Annual
Rent due from the Estate here & likewise that he had
no Pappers nor Coppy's of Pappers bellongeing
either to yourself or Mrs Hamilton -- the Original
Pappers haveing been transmitted by my Br: & Sister
Cathcart to Northampton -- at least given to your
Father or Mother by them -- he has likewise wrote
to you since on the same Subject so that no further
remains to be said about it.
I shall be happy to hear soon how you allboth do: &
should most sincearly rejoice to hear that ev'ry
thing was likely to be aimacably setled & evry
thing fixed to yr wishes. in all events be asured
that both you and her have our kindest good Wishes
Mr Napier & yr Young Cousins desire to be affectly
remembred to you both Adieu my Dear Miʃs Hamilton
bellieve me ever Sincearly Yours &c &c &c
M A Napier
I'm very sorry I could
get no Frank to send
You -- I will whenever
I can procure any -- [1]
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Abbey 21st October 1771
My Dear Madam
As Mr Browne was out of town &
very busy since his return till this day I
never could procure a sight of him -- I delivered
your Message to him but was agreeably surprised
to find that no time had been lost as he tells
me he had received & answered a Letter from Mrs
Hamilton dated the 7th (a day before yours to me
was written) in which he told you about the Annual
Rent due from the Estate here & likewise that he had
no Papers nor Copy's of Papers belonging
either to yourself or Mrs Hamilton -- the Original
Papers having been transmitted by my Brother & Sister
Cathcart to Northampton -- at least given to your
Father or Mother by them -- he has likewise written
to you since on the same Subject so that no further
remains to be said about it.
I shall be happy to hear soon how you both do: &
should most sincerely rejoice to hear that every
thing was likely to be amiably settled & every
thing fixed to your wishes. in all events be assured
that both you and her have our kindest good Wishes
Mr Napier & your Young Cousins desire to be affectionately
remembered to you both Adieu my Dear Miss Hamilton
believe me ever Sincerely Yours &c &c &c
Mary Anne Napier
I'm very sorry I could
get no Frank to send
You -- I will whenever
I can procure any --
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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 Anne Napier to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/19/11
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Mary Anne Napier (née Cathcart)
Place sent: Edinburgh
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Northampton (certainty: low)
Date sent: 21 October 1771
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary Anne Napier [later Lady Napier] to Mary Hamilton. She notes that she has delivered her message to Mr Charles Browne [who looks after the Hamilton’s estate and finances in Scotland] but he told her that he had received and answered a letter from Hamilton’s mother dated the 7th with information relating to the estate. He notes that he has no papers or copies belonging either to Hamilton or her father and that the original papers had been sent to Northampton. Napier hopes that the subject will seen be settled amicably.
Dated at Abbey [Edinburgh].
Length: 1 sheet, 248 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.
Research assistant: Emma Donington Kiey, former undergraduate student, University of Manchester
Transliterator: Lauren O'Connor, undergraduate student, University of Manchester (submitted 6 July 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: 2 November 2021