Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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HAM/1/20/122

Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


                                                         Wilton Lodge
                                                            30th. July 1793.


My Dear Sister,
      Maria was safely
delivered, this afternoon, of a Son. She
has had a good sleep since, & I trust in God,
will do as well, as on former occasions.
Try to follow her example. Be a good Girl,
& produce a Boy too, without playing
any more tricks. It was shabby in You
not to visit my Farm, this Summer. With
my best wishes to Mr. Dickenson & your
female Brat, I remain ever with
great sincerity & affection, your much
attached Brother & Friend
                                                         Napier.


Mrs= Dickenson[1]
      Birchhall
        Manchester
          by Carlisle
[2]
[3]

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Notes


 1. A large manuscript figure 7 is written above the address, denoting postage due.
 2. Postmark ‘HAWICK’ in black ink.
 3. Seal, in red wax.

Normalised Text


                                                         Wilton Lodge
                                                            30th. July 1793.


My Dear Sister,
      Maria was safely
delivered, this afternoon, of a Son. She
has had a good sleep since, & I trust in God,
will do as well, as on former occasions.
Try to follow her example. Be a good Girl,
& produce a Boy too, without playing
any more tricks. It was shabby in You
not to visit my Farm, this Summer. With
my best wishes to Mr. Dickenson & your
female Brat, I remain ever with
great sincerity & affection, your much
attached Brother & Friend
                                                         Napier.


Mrs= Dickenson
      Birchhall
        Manchester
          by Carlisle

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 1. A large manuscript figure 7 is written above the address, denoting postage due.
 2. Postmark ‘HAWICK’ in black ink.
 3. Seal, in red wax.

Metadata

Library References

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

Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers

Item title: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: HAM/1/20/122

Correspondence Details

Sender: Francis Scott Napier, 8th Lord

Place sent: Roxburghshire

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: Rusholme, near Manchester

Date sent: 30 July 1793

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, informing her that his wife has safely given birth to a son [Francis Napier]. He light-heartedly advises Hamilton ‘to follow her example. Be a good girl & produce a Boy too’.
    Dated at Wilton Lodge [Roxburghshire].
   

Length: 1 sheet, 100 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: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 5 November 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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