HAM/1/20/234
Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
Diplomatic Text
27, St. James's Street
20th. April 1809
My Dear Sister,
I have been detained
here a Week longer than I expected.
But I told Lord Liverpool yesterday,
that I would depart on Monday. As the
Parents of my Servant live within three
miles of St. Albans, I mean to sleep
there that Evening, to give him an
opportunity of fulfilling his Filial
Duties. On Tuesday, I trust, I shall
be with You about two O'Clock,
and shall remain till Wednesday
Morning, when I purpose to proceed
to Archy Cathcart's. With my best
Love to Mr. Dickenson & Louisa, I ever
am, My Dear Sister,
Your Affectionate Brother
& faithful Friend
Napier
Best Compts- to my
Countrywoman. My
black Seal, is for Lady
Cecilia Johnstone's Son,
who died lately.
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1. This page, originally blank, contains a number of scribbles or pen trials in an unknown hand.
Normalised Text
27, St. James's Street
20th. April 1809
My Dear Sister,
I have been detained
here a Week longer than I expected.
But I told Lord Liverpool yesterday,
that I would depart on Monday. As the
Parents of my Servant live within three
miles of St. Albans, I mean to sleep
there that Evening, to give him an
opportunity of fulfilling his Filial
Duties. On Tuesday, I trust, I shall
be with You about two O'Clock,
and shall remain till Wednesday
Morning, when I purpose to proceed
to Archy Cathcart's. With my best
Love to Mr. Dickenson & Louisa, I ever
am, My Dear Sister,
Your Affectionate Brother
& faithful Friend
Napier
Best Compliments to my
Countrywoman. My
black Seal, is for Lady
Cecilia Johnstone's Son,
who died lately.
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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 Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/20/234
Correspondence Details
Sender: Francis Scott Napier, 8th Lord
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Leighton Buzzard (certainty: high)
Date sent: 20 April 1809
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton. He writes
that he has been detained in town for a week longer than he intended but he
has told Lord Liverpool that he would leave on Monday. He notes that his
servant's parents live within three miles of St Albans so he intends to stay
there one night to enable his servant the ‘opportunity of fulfilling his
filial Duties’.
Dated at St James's Street [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 128 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 24 February 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: 18 March 2022