Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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MS Eng 1778 165

Letter from Hannah More to Mary Hamilton

Diplomatic Text


My dear Friend

      I seize this Scrap
of paper in an empty house which
we are come to see, to offer my
very hearty congratulation on Your
happy prospects. May they be
realized with the enjoyment of
every bleʃsing! Amen!
      An unforeseen Accident, the illneʃs
of a dear friend detains us here till
Monday, shou'd the happy Event take
place before that Mrs. G. is afraid
You will be distreʃt for neceʃsary


Linnen &c; as we were to have come
back to morrow to have provided for
Your reception. In that case You
must provide for yourself just for
a day till we come, which will be
certainly on Monday. We must beg
a night's lodging or two in the
Adelphi -- Wensday I go to Mrs.
Boscawen's for a Week --
God bleʃs You

      I write upon the Step of a
StairCase. -- H M --
The Old Woman is apprised to receive
any orders you may send to her
10 June, Kent 1785



In my confusion I have directed
Your Letter to the Maid

[1]
                            
To

Miʃs Hamilton[2]
      Clarges Street
                             Picadilly
                                 London[3]


[4]
[5]



[6]
[7]

                            
To
Mrs. Lovers
at Mrs. Garrick's
      Adelphi        London[8]

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Notes


 1. There are two addresses, the first of which (p.4) is unmarked by the post, whilst the second (below the postscript on p.2) bears stamps.
 2. Remains of a stamp, which reads ‘36. MAID STONE’.
 3. This address is written vertically in the middle of the page.
 4. Remains of a stamp, which reads ‘11 IU’, indicating the date on which the letter went through the post.
 5. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
 6. This second address seems to have been written first, before Hannah More realised it needed to be changed, after which she wrote the correct address on what was then the inside of the sheet, and sent it after refolding the sheet so that the latter became the outside (which was subsequently stamped by the post).
 7. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
 8. This address is written vertically in the middle of the page.

Normalised Text


My dear Friend

      I seize this Scrap
of paper in an empty house which
we are come to see, to offer my
very hearty congratulation on Your
happy prospects. May they be
realized with the enjoyment of
every blessing! Amen!
      An unforeseen Accident, the illness
of a dear friend detains us here till
Monday, should the happy Event take
place before that Mrs. Garrick is afraid
You will be distressed for necessary


Linen &c; as we were to have come
back to morrow to have provided for
Your reception. In that case You
must provide for yourself just for
a day till we come, which will be
certainly on Monday. We must beg
a night's lodging or two in the
Adelphi -- Wednesday I go to Mrs.
Boscawen's for a Week --
God bless You

      I write upon the Step of a
StairCase. -- Hannah More --
The Old Woman is apprised to receive
any orders you may send to her
10 June, Kent



In my confusion I have directed
Your Letter to the Maid


                            
To

Miss Hamilton
      Clarges Street
                             Picadilly
                                 London










                            
To
Mrs. Lovers
at Mrs. Garrick's
      Adelphi        London

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 1. There are two addresses, the first of which (p.4) is unmarked by the post, whilst the second (below the postscript on p.2) bears stamps.
 2. Remains of a stamp, which reads ‘36. MAID STONE’.
 3. This address is written vertically in the middle of the page.
 4. Remains of a stamp, which reads ‘11 IU’, indicating the date on which the letter went through the post.
 5. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
 6. This second address seems to have been written first, before Hannah More realised it needed to be changed, after which she wrote the correct address on what was then the inside of the sheet, and sent it after refolding the sheet so that the latter became the outside (which was subsequently stamped by the post).
 7. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
 8. This address is written vertically in the middle of the page.

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 165

Correspondence Details

Sender: Hannah More

Place sent: Kent

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: London

Date sent: 10 June 1785

Letter Description

Summary: More, Hannah, 1745-1833. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to Mary Hamilton; Kent, 1785 June 10.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 186 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: 25 October 2022

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