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LWL Mss Vol. 75(27)

Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton

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                             Bulstrode 21 Decr 1782
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      I send this little note in quest
of you my Dear Miʃs Hamilton &
hope it will procure intelligence of
your health and kind remembrance
of your Friends at Bulstrode whose
affectionate wishes and esteem attend
you in all places. I cannot boast
of as good health as you I know
wish may fall to our share, but
we are both better, and when we
go to Town hope to find you there;
and can then say more than I can
write uncertain as I am if yu coud read this
let




21 Dec. 82[1]

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                             Bulstrode 21 December 1782
                                                        

      I send this little note in quest
of you my Dear Miss Hamilton &
hope it will procure intelligence of
your health and kind remembrance
of your Friends at Bulstrode whose
affectionate wishes and esteem attend
you in all places. I cannot boast
of as good health as you I know
wish may fall to our share, but
we are both better, and when we
go to Town hope to find you there;
and can then say more than I can
write uncertain as I am if you could read this





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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(27)

Correspondence Details

Sender: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville

Place sent: Gerrards Cross

Addressee: Mary Hamilton

Place received: unknown

Date sent: 21 December 1782

Letter Description

Summary: Note from Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, informing her of her and Margaret Cavendish Bentinck's (the Dowager Duchess of Portland) health.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 95 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).

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: Cassandra Ulph, editorial team (completed 19 January 2021)

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

Revision date: 2 November 2021

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