Unlocking the Mary Hamilton papers

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GEO/ADD/3/83/44

Letter from Mary Hamilton to George, Prince of Wales

Diplomatic Text

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                             You may perhaps expect[3]
a longer Note -- 'twas only to send you a book
recommednded to me by Mrs. C——Carter[4] -- I have read it
wth. infinite pleasure -- I hope you have not
seen it -- if you have, tell me if you did not
like it -- If you have not read it wth. attention
though it may not perhaps boast of the Sublime I think
it may of the natural feelings & it makes
for that Simplicity I adore. I have bought
it, therefore if you like it I desire you will
keep it -- Whenever we send each other books
let us mark ye. paʃsages we like or number
ye- Pages -- on ye blank leaf You with Ink. I wth. pencil to
make ye. distinction. -- Adieu my friend it
isye time only allows me to add Adieu.


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Notes


 1. On the order of letters from mid-October 1779, see GEO/ADD/3/83/16 p.1 n.1.
 2. Possibly a tick mark.
 3. The top of the page has been cut away to leave a sentence starting in mid-line.
 4. The name has been spelt out above the original abbreviation.
 5. The second page is blank.

Normalised Text



                             You may perhaps expect
a longer Note -- 'twas only to send you a book
recommended to me by Mrs. Carter -- I have read it
with infinite pleasure -- I hope you have not
seen it -- if you have, tell me if you did not
like it -- If you have not read it with attention
though it may not perhaps boast of the Sublime I think
it may of the natural & it makes
for that Simplicity I adore. Whenever we send each other books
let us mark the passages we like or number
the Pages -- on the blank leaf You with Ink. I with pencil to
make the distinction. -- my friend
the time only allows me to add Adieu.


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 1. On the order of letters from mid-October 1779, see GEO/ADD/3/83/16 p.1 n.1.
 2. Possibly a tick mark.
 3. The top of the page has been cut away to leave a sentence starting in mid-line.
 4. The name has been spelt out above the original abbreviation.
 5. The second page is blank.

Metadata

Library References

Repository: Windsor Castle, The Royal Archives

Archive: GEO/ADD/3 Additional papers of George IV, as Prince, Regent, and King

Item title: Letter from Mary Hamilton to George, Prince of Wales

Shelfmark: GEO/ADD/3/83/44

Correspondence Details

Sender: Mary Hamilton

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: George, Prince of Wales (later George IV)

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 14 October 1779

Letter Description

Summary: Letter from Mary Hamilton to George, Prince of Wales, on sending him a book recommended by Mrs [Elizabeth Carter]; and suggesting they both mark the passages they like.
    [Draft.]
   

Length: 1 sheet, 118 words

Transliteration Information

Editorial declaration: First edited in the project 'Image to Text' (David Denison & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2013-2019), now 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: XML version: Transcription and Research Assistant funding in 2018/19 provided by the Student Experience Internship programme of the University of Manchester.

Research assistant: Emma Donington Kiey, undergraduate student, University of Manchester

Transliterator: Emma Donington Kiey (submitted August 2019)

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

Revision date: 10 December 2021

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