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LWL Mss Vol. 75(71)

Note by unknown secretaries on behalf of Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton and John Dickenson

Diplomatic Text

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      most heartily do I congratulate my
Dear Friends, on an Union that promises
so much Mutual happineʃs among the
number of their Friends none more
warmly wishes them a long & prosperous
enjoyment of this Worlds best Bleʃsings
      than their           most Affectionate &
                             Faithful
                                                         MDelany[2]
Recd. at Fulham
22d. June 1785 [3]
our Dear Friend at Whitehall
continues mending[4]        no note from
you has arrived

Thursday Morning 10 o'clock[5]

Mary entreats her congratns


[6]
To
Mrs Dickenson[7]


1785[8]

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Notes


 1. This note appears in Llanover (1862: 259).
 2. Just below the signature are the remains of (presumably) a first attempt to sign the letter. Considering the original fold of the note at this place, it seems that Mary Delany initially signed it but went over the folded edge, possibly unto another piece of paper, before realising most of her signature was not on the note, after which she signed it again just above her first attempt.
 3. It is unclear who wrote this second note, which functions as a postscript to the first one at the top half of the page. Perhaps it was Mary Delany herself, as she also seems to have written the address line on the back before sending it off the day after the initial note was written.
 4. There had been a ‘disconcerting health scare’ for many people who often stayed at Bulstrode (many individuals report physical problems around this time, and Mary Delany's butler George died on 14 July 1785. See Orr [2019]. Mrs Delany: A Life (Yale University Press), p.330).
 5. 22 June 1785, the date of the first note at the top half of the page, was a Wednesday. It seems that the second note on the bottom half of the page was added the day after, just before sending it off.
 6. Remains of a seal in red wax in the bottom left-hand corner.
 7. The address line is written vertically in the middle of the page.
 8. This annotation is written vertically in the right-hand margin of the page.

Normalised Text




      most heartily do I congratulate my
Dear Friends, on an Union that promises
so much Mutual happiness among the
number of their Friends none more
warmly wishes them a long & prosperous
enjoyment of this Worlds best Blessings
      than their           most Affectionate &
                             Faithful
                                                         Mary Delany


our Dear Friend at Whitehall
continues mending        no note from
you has arrived

Thursday Morning 10 o'clock

Mary entreats her congratulations



To
Mrs Dickenson


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 1. This note appears in Llanover (1862: 259).
 2. Just below the signature are the remains of (presumably) a first attempt to sign the letter. Considering the original fold of the note at this place, it seems that Mary Delany initially signed it but went over the folded edge, possibly unto another piece of paper, before realising most of her signature was not on the note, after which she signed it again just above her first attempt.
 3. It is unclear who wrote this second note, which functions as a postscript to the first one at the top half of the page. Perhaps it was Mary Delany herself, as she also seems to have written the address line on the back before sending it off the day after the initial note was written.
 4. There had been a ‘disconcerting health scare’ for many people who often stayed at Bulstrode (many individuals report physical problems around this time, and Mary Delany's butler George died on 14 July 1785. See Orr [2019]. Mrs Delany: A Life (Yale University Press), p.330).
 5. 22 June 1785, the date of the first note at the top half of the page, was a Wednesday. It seems that the second note on the bottom half of the page was added the day after, just before sending it off.
 6. Remains of a seal in red wax in the bottom left-hand corner.
 7. The address line is written vertically in the middle of the page.
 8. This annotation is written vertically in the right-hand margin of the page.

Metadata

Library References

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

Archive: Mrs. Delany correspondence

Item title: Note by unknown secretaries on behalf of Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton and John Dickenson

Shelfmark: LWL Mss Vol. 75(71)

Correspondence Details

Sender: formerly Pendarves), Mary Delany (née Granville and

Place sent: unknown

Addressee: Mary Hamilton and John Dickenson

Place received: Fulham

Date sent: 22 June 1785

Letter Description

Summary: Note by unknown secretaries on behalf of Mary Delany to Mary Hamilton and John Dickenson, in which Delany congratulates them on their marriage.
   

Length: 1 sheet, 70 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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