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LWL Mss Vol. 75(70)

Note on behalf of Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton

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      my Dear Freind I must inquire
after you as I cannot give my self the
Pleasure of Calling of you. this very sharp
weather -- let me know how You do and
when I may hope to see you -- I think I
shall be alone all this Evening -- but as
it is the Antient Musick night[1] I cannot
Lay a temptation in your way of a safe
conveyance I am tolerably well and
      ever affectionately yours
                             MD

SJ Place Monday noon --
4th. April 1785


Miʃs Hamelton[2]



Delany
April 1785[3]

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Notes


 1. According to Kerherve, “‘the programme of the Concerts of Antient Music (London: s.n., 1785) shows that on 4 April 1785 it was under the direction of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn’ (... 2016: ...).
 2. The address line is written vertically in the middle of the page.
 3. This annotation is written upside down at the bottom of the page.

Normalised Text




      my Dear Friend I must inquire
after you as I cannot give my self the
Pleasure of Calling of you. this very sharp
weather -- let me know how You do and
when I may hope to see you -- I think I
shall be alone all this Evening -- but as
it is the Antient Musick night I cannot
Lay a temptation in your way of a safe
conveyance I am tolerably well and
      ever affectionately yours
                             Mary Delany

St James Place Monday noon --



Miss Hamelton



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 1. According to Kerherve, “‘the programme of the Concerts of Antient Music (London: s.n., 1785) shows that on 4 April 1785 it was under the direction of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn’ (... 2016: ...).
 2. The address line is written vertically in the middle of the page.
 3. This annotation is written upside down at the bottom of the page.

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(70)

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: 4 April 1785

Letter Description

Summary: Note on behalf of Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton, in which Delany inquires after her and a possible visit due to 'this very sharp weather'. She asks that Hamilton lets her know how she is doing and when she may hope to see her.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 84 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: Tino Oudesluijs, editorial team (completed 11 March 2021)

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

Revision date: 2 November 2021

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