Diplomatic Text
Abbey Novr: 17th 1771
Edinburgh
Yours my Dear Madam received late last Night
gave me too much pleasure not to take the earliest
oportunity to acknowledge it as I was very Anxious
to hear that every thing was setled to yours & yr Mammas
wishes I hope from yours that is now the case & Sincearly
congratulate you both upon it -- be asured it gives yr
friends in this familly the sincearest Pleasure though
we regreate much Mrs Hamiltons Health & Spiritts
are so much impaired though its not to be wonder'd at
that all she has lately suffer'd -- should have those
disagreeable effects. the affection of yr Aunt and Uncle Wilm:
will I hope prove as Useful as it must be agreeable
to you both -- & shall rejoice to hear of yr saffe return
home & total ceʃsation of ev'ry thing that can give
you Uneasineʃs! Mr & Mrs. F: Hamilton & their Eldest
Daughter were here for a Week setling their affairs
in this Country from whence they went over to
do the same in Ireland they called here one Morning
beffore I was out of Bed: we met in the Street
afterwards as we were going out of town & they comeing
into it. When he gave us the Act: of his Motions
which I have given you -- Mr Napier & I have been
both much indisposed but thank God begin both
to be better: yr Cousins are all Well -- I have
not heard very lately from Ruʃsia -- our best compts
& good Wishes ever attend you & Mrs Hamilton
I am Ever Dear Madam your most faithful
& most Humble Servant
M A Napier
Im sorry it has not
been in my power to
procure a Frank for you[1]
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Notes
1. This postscript appears to the left of the signature. Napier draws a doubly-curved line to signal this.
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Abbey November 17th 1771
Yours my Dear Madam received late last Night
gave me too much pleasure not to take the earliest
opportunity to acknowledge it as I was very Anxious
to hear that every thing was settled to yours & your Mammas
wishes I hope from yours that is now the case & Sincerely
congratulate you both upon it -- be assured it gives your
friends in this family the sincerest Pleasure though
we regret much Mrs Hamiltons Health & Spirits
are so much impaired though it's not to be wondered at
that all she has lately suffered -- should have those
disagreeable effects. the affection of your Aunt and Uncle William
will I hope prove as Useful as it must be agreeable
to you both -- & shall rejoice to hear of your safe return
home & total cessation of every thing that can give
you Uneasiness! Mr & Mrs. Frederick Hamilton & their Eldest
Daughter were here for a Week settling their affairs
in this Country from whence they went over to
do the same in Ireland they called here one Morning
before I was out of Bed: we met in the Street
afterwards as we were going out of town & they coming
into it. When he gave us the Account of his Motions
which I have given you -- Mr Napier & I have been
both much indisposed but thank God begin both
to be better: your Cousins are all Well -- I have
not heard very lately from Russia -- our best compliments
& good Wishes ever attend you & Mrs Hamilton
I am Ever Dear Madam your most faithful
& most Humble Servant
Mary Anne Napier
Im sorry it has not
been in my power to
procure a Frank for you
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Metadata
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/1/19/12
Correspondence Details
Sender: Lady Mary Anne Napier (née Cathcart)
Place sent: Edinburgh
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Northampton (certainty: low)
Date sent: 17 November 1771
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary Anne Napier [later Lady Napier] to Mary Hamilton. She
thanks Hamilton for her letter and hopes that everything has now been
settled for her and her mother with regards to her father's will. She notes
that her uncle, Frederick Hamilton, his wife and their eldest daughter have
been to Edinburgh to settle 'their affairs in this Country' and that they
have now gone to Ireland to do the same there. He called at her house but
she was out but they met in the street and he gave her 'the ac[coun]t of his
motives' [presumably this concerns financial matters relating to Charles
Hamilton's estate].
Napier concludes her letter with news of her family.
Dated at Abbey [Edinburgh].
Length: 1 sheet, 292 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: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 20 August 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