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St James's Place Wednesdy 11th
April 1781
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My Dear Miʃs Hamilton as I have the truest
opinion of your goodneʃs to me, and of of the
uprightneʃs of your judgement; I venture to
submit this flower to your sentence; whether it
is to receive the highest of honours, or be condemn'd
to the station it has a better claim to? aʃsured
you will not permit me to take an improper
liberty, where, so much distance & respect are due;
and where you know I feel that mixture of
awe and admiration, which can only be felt,
but not expreʃ'd.
The Dʃs Dowr: of Portland came on Sunday
evening just after you went away, always sorry
to miʃs you. I hope theat kind, tho short, Visit, did
you as much good, as it did your most affectionate
and much obliged
Mary Delany
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St James's Place Wednesday 11th
My Dear Miss Hamilton as I have the truest
opinion of your goodness to me, and of the
uprightness of your judgement; I venture to
submit this flower to your sentence; whether it
is to receive the highest of honours, or be condemned
to the station it has a better claim to? assured
you will not permit me to take an improper
liberty, where, so much distance & respect are due;
and where you know I feel that mixture of
awe and admiration, which can only be felt,
but not expressed.
The Duchess Dowager of Portland came on Sunday
evening just after you went away, always sorry
to miss you. I hope that kind, though short, Visit, did
you as much good, as it did your most affectionate
and much obliged
Mary Delany
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
Archive: Mrs. Delany correspondence
Item title: Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: LWL Mss Vol. 75(16)
Correspondence Details
Sender: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 11 April 1781
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, in which she mentions submitting a flower to Hamilton's sentence, as well as a visit by the Duchess Dowager of Portland.
Length: 1 sheet, 138 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 14 January 2021)
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Revision date: 2 November 2021