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St James Place Wednesday morn
March 9th. 1785
I was sadly disappointed
My Dear Friend yestarday
when you sent me word
you Coud not Come -- but
that selfishneʃs Prevail'd
but for a moment -- I Concluded
your Party was a Pleasant
one -- and that made me amends
Depending upon your usual
indulgence of coming to me when
you can -- my guests are
all mending of their Colds
and mine is gone -- your
benevolent Jeckil carried Mrs
Port to Almacks[1] grateful
for your kind rememberances
all here affectionately yours MD
[Miʃs Ha]milton[3]
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Notes
1. Almack's was an exclusive mixed-sex establishment on King Street in London run by a group of female patronesses, which catered for the most fashionable members of society in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (see Jennifer Davey (2017) ‘Wearing the Breeches’? Almack’s, the Female Patroness, and Public Femininity c.1764-1848, Women's History Review 26:6, 822-839).
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St James Place Wednesday morning
I was sadly disappointed
My Dear Friend yesterday
when you sent me word
you Could not Come -- but
that selfishness Prevailed
but for a moment -- I Concluded
your Party was a Pleasant
one -- and that made me amends
Depending upon your usual
indulgence of coming to me when
you can -- my guests are
all mending of their Colds
and mine is gone -- your
benevolent Jeckil carried Mrs
Port to Almacks grateful
for your kind remembrances
all here affectionately yours Mary Delany
Miss Hamilton
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
Archive: Mrs. Delany correspondence
Item title: Note on behalf of Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: LWL Mss Vol. 75(69)
Correspondence Details
Sender: Anne Agnew (née Astley) and formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 9 March 1785
Letter Description
Summary: Note on behalf of Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, in which she expresses her disappointment that Hamilton could not come to visit.
Length: 1 sheet, 88 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: Tino Oudesluijs, editorial team (completed 11 March 2021)
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Revision date: 2 November 2021