Diplomatic Text
St James's Place 7th Novr 1780
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this was written by Mrs. Delany in her 81st. Year
The kindneʃs of your heart my Dear
Madam is truly gratified, and I am more
obliged to you than I can expreʃs -- nor can I
find words to shew how gratefully sensible
I am of the high Honour the Queen has done
me by bestowing on me a lock of her Beautiful
Hair; so precious a gift is indeed inestimable!
I am entirely at a loʃs to know in what
manner to pay my Duty and humble acknow=
=ledgements, and must rest on that most kind
attention and affectionate regard, which pro=
=cur'd me such a treasure, to set me in such a
light as may make me appear not entirely
unworthy of it. I shou'd have given myself the
pleasure of waiting on you this morning, but
my Weakneʃs and the Weather will not permit me
but if Miʃs Hamiton cou'd call in St. James's Place
it will add to the Happineʃs of her most Obliged & Obedt and
give me leave to say Affcte Mary Delany
I shall be a home all the Evening & return
--- Morrow to Bulstrode[1]
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[3]
[4]
To
Miʃs Hamilton
St James's Palace[5]
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St James's Place 7th November 1780
The kindness of your heart my Dear
Madam is truly gratified, and I am more
obliged to you than I can express -- nor can I
find words to show how gratefully sensible
I am of the high Honour the Queen has done
me by bestowing on me a lock of her Beautiful
Hair; so precious a gift is indeed inestimable!
I am entirely at a loss to know in what
manner to pay my Duty and humble acknowledgements
, and must rest on that most kind
attention and affectionate regard, which procured
me such a treasure, to set me in such a
light as may make me appear not entirely
unworthy of it. I should have given myself the
pleasure of waiting on you this morning, but
my Weakness and the Weather will not permit me
but if Miss Hamiton could call in St. James's Place
it will add to the Happiness of her most Obliged & Obedient and
give me leave to say Affectionate Mary Delany
I shall be a home all the Evening & return
--- Morrow to Bulstrode
To
Miss Hamilton
St James's Palace
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
Archive: Mrs. Delany correspondence
Item title: Letter from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: LWL Mss Vol. 75(1)
Correspondence Details
Sender: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 7 November 1780
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, in which she mentions having received a lock of the Queen's 'Beautiful Hair'.
Length: 1 sheet, 191 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).
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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: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 7 January 2021)
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Revision date: 2 November 2021