Diplomatic Text
I was Freeting[1] -- and fuming -- that I had Put off our
Party to Harwood this fine Cool Morning -- when
your Meʃsage came to quiet my Spirits and reconsile
me to the disappointment -- as I find I coud not have
had your Company. I am very glad Sir Willm Hamilton is
come to Town -- I hope in perfect & Health and Spirits
I shall be Happy to see you both as soon as you can
bestow that Pleasure on your most affectionate and
obligd MD
P s
let me have a flying moment
of you as soon as you can
St James Place Tuesday morning
17th- August 1784
Delany
17 Augst -- 84[2]
[3]
red text is normalised and/or unformatted in other panel)
Notes
1. This word is unclear, however the collocation ‘fret and fume’ is noted in the OED and so the present text may perhaps best be regarded as a miswriting of fretting (OED s.v. fret and fume. Accessed 20-04-2021).
2. This annotation is written vertically in the left-hand margin.
3. Remains of a seal, in red wax.
Normalised Text
I was Fretting -- and fuming -- that I had Put off our
Party to Harwood this fine Cool Morning -- when
your Message came to quiet my Spirits and reconcile
me to the disappointment -- as I find I could not have
had your Company. I am very glad Sir William Hamilton is
come to Town -- I hope in perfect Health and Spirits
I shall be Happy to see you both as soon as you can
bestow that Pleasure on your most affectionate and
obliged Mary Delany
P s
let me have a flying moment
of you as soon as you can
St James Place Tuesday morning
quotations, spellings, uncorrected forms, split words, abbreviations, formatting)
Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
Archive: Mrs. Delany correspondence
Item title: Letter on behalf of Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: LWL Mss Vol. 75(60)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Anne Agnew (née Astley) and formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 17 August 1784
Letter Description
Summary: Letter on behalf of Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, in which Delany expresses her disappointment in Hamilton not being able to come to her because Sir William Hamilton is currently in town.
Length: 1 sheet, 106 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.
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