Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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HAM/1/20/1

Letter on behalf of Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


                                                         Edinr. 3d of Janr. 1775


Madam
      I am sorry to acquaint you [m]y
Father died last Night, after a severe & tedious
Illneʃs in which he suffered much --
      You may easily judge of our affliction for
the loʃs of so affectionate a Parent, may the
Almighty God support us on this severe trial
      My Sisters join me in best Compts. to yourself &
Family --                     I remain Dear Madam
                             Your Affecate. Cousin & humble Servt.
                                                         Frans: Napier[1]

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Notes


 1. The signature alone is Francis Napier's.

Normalised Text


                                                         Edinburgh 3d of January 1775


Madam
      I am sorry to acquaint you my
Father died last Night, after a severe & tedious
Illness in which he suffered much --
      You may easily judge of our affliction for
the loss of so affectionate a Parent, may the
Almighty God support us on this severe trial
      My Sisters join me in best Compliments to yourself &
Family --                I remain Dear Madam
                             Your Affectionate Cousin & humble Servant
                                                         Francis Napier

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 1. The signature alone is Francis Napier's.

Metadata

Library References

Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter on behalf of Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/20/1

Correspondence Details

Sender: Mainie-Schaw Hunter (née Napier) and Francis Scott Napier, 8th Lord

Place sent: Edinburgh

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 3 January 1775

Letter Description

Summary: Letter on behalf of Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, informing her of the death of his father, William Napier (see HAM/1/19). The letter is in the hand of his sister, Mainie-Schaw Napier, with the signature of Napier appended.
    Dated at Edinburgh.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 76 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: Alex McLoughlin, undergraduate student, University of Manchester (submitted 26 July 2021)

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: 3 December 2021

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