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St. J. Place Friday morn
4th. Febry.. 1785.
Dear Madam
As you desired me last night
to inform you how my Dr. Aunt was today. I have
the satisfaction of aʃsureing you she is much better
today than she was yesterday. she had a pretty
good night. & desires her Love to you & hopes you
took no Cold yesterday. begs the favor of you
to say what is right to Lord Stormont from
her. as he came yesterday & was not let in --
if she had known it had been him She would
have seen him -- tho too much fatigued with
company in the morning to let in other people --
excuse haste your obliged &.c
G.M.A.Port
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St. James Place Friday morning
Dear Madam
As you desired me last night
to inform you how my Dear Aunt was today. I have
the satisfaction of assuring you she is much better
today than she was yesterday. she had a pretty
good night. & desires her Love to you & hopes you
took no Cold yesterday. begs the favour of you
to say what is right to Lord Stormont from
her. as he came yesterday & was not let in --
if she had known it had been him She would
have seen him -- though too much fatigued with
company in the morning to let in other people --
excuse haste your obliged &.c
Georgina Mary Anne Port
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Notes
Metadata
Library References
Repository: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
Archive: Mrs. Delany correspondence
Item title: Letter from Georgina Mary Anne Port to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: LWL Mss Vol. 75(65)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Georgina Mary Anne Waddington (née Port)
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 4 February 1785
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Georgina Mary Anne Port to Mary Hamilton, informing her about Mary Delany's health.
Length: 1 sheet, 119 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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