Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

Single Letter

MS Eng 1778 118

Letter from Hannah More to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


                                                         Hampton 12. Janry. 1783
My dear Madam


      I was in Town for
one day. I thought to have seen you, but
hearing you were at a Friend's house, I
was afraid it might be improper. On
my return hither I found such a letter as
made it impoʃsible for me to answer yours. It
was from my Sister, and informed me of the death
of the dearest and best of Fathers. -- I know
you will pity me and forgive my not writing
to you before, and my saying nothing to you
now, for my spirits are still weak, and this is
the first line I have written.
      We shall not come to Town for some Weeks. I
long to see you. Mrs. Garrick joins in all that
is affectionate, with, dear Madam
                             Yr. ever oblig'd & faithful H More


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To
Miʃs Hamilton
at —— Glover's Esq
      Albemarle Street
                             London[5]


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Notes


 1. This page is blank.
 2. This page is blank.
 3. Remains of a Bishop mark in black ink, illegible.
 4. Remains of a seal, in black wax.
 5. This address is written vertically and it is crossed through in brown ink, probably by a postal official.
 6. Postmark ʻ[ISLE]WORTHʼ in black ink.

Normalised Text


                                                         Hampton 12. January 1783
My dear Madam


      I was in Town for
one day. I thought to have seen you, but
hearing you were at a Friend's house, I
was afraid it might be improper. On
my return hither I found such a letter as
made it impossible for me to answer yours. It
was from my Sister, and informed me of the death
of the dearest and best of Fathers. -- I know
you will pity me and forgive my not writing
to you before, and my saying nothing to you
now, for my spirits are still weak, and this is
the first line I have written.
      We shall not come to Town for some Weeks. I
long to see you. Mrs. Garrick joins in all that
is affectionate, with, dear Madam
                             Your ever obliged & faithful Hannah More













To
Miss Hamilton
at —— Glover's Esq
      Albemarle Street
                             London



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 1. This page is blank.
 2. This page is blank.
 3. Remains of a Bishop mark in black ink, illegible.
 4. Remains of a seal, in black wax.
 5. This address is written vertically and it is crossed through in brown ink, probably by a postal official.
 6. Postmark ʻ[ISLE]WORTHʼ in black ink.

Metadata

Library References

Repository: Houghton Library Repository, Harvard University

Archive: Elizabeth Carter and Hannah More letters to Mary Hamilton

Item title: Letter from Hannah More to Mary Hamilton

Shelfmark: MS Eng 1778 118

Correspondence Details

Sender: Hannah More

Place sent: Hampton

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: London

Date sent: 12 January 1783

Letter Description

Summary: More, Hannah, 1745-1833. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to Mary Hamilton; Hampton, 1783 January 12.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 149 words

Transliteration Information

Editorial declaration: First transcribed for the project 'The Collected Letters of Hannah More' (Kerri Andrews & others) and incorporated 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: Kerri Andrews, Senior Lecturer, Edge Hill University (submitted 11 August 2020)

Cataloguer: Bonnie B. Salt, Archivist, Houghton Library

Copyright: Transcriptions, notes and TEI/XML © the editors

Revision date: 17 October 2022

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