Diplomatic Text
Dear Mrs. Dickenson
I am extremely glad to hear that you are recover=
ing so well after your confinement & that your little
acquisition is also in so good a state Mrs. Hamilton
& my Daughter who desire to be rememberd to you, saw
Miʃs Ann Clarke yesterday, who gave them this
agreeable information. You will do me the favor
to give five guineas for me to your Nurse, which I
will repay you with many thanks by the first op=
portunity. I have a Paper to be signed by you and
Mr. Dickenson relative to your Bond which I dis=
charged last year; I suppose I may have a chance
of seeing him in London, if not I will send the Paper
to him, with the neceʃsary instructions. My House
is advancing extremely well, its situation is beyond
measure beautiful & I believe the plan will not
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be disapproved of, my great object is that it may
hereafter be worth to my family nearly the money that
I shall expend upon it; it is no doubt rather upon
too great a scale for me, but you know when some=
thing moderate only is intended, our ideas enlarge
as we advance, this is too often the case, & if we parry
the censure of vanity, it is difficult to escape that
of want of proper resolution. dont expect news
from me, in such a place as Bath every thing is
known immediately -- Robert is very well & grown
a great size, the last time I saw him, when Madame
Chauvet reproach'd him for having a dirty face he
answerd, je vous demande excuse c'est ma barbe
Madame. I beg you will present my Compts. to
Mr. Dickenson & believe me
Dear Madam
Your faithful & Affectionate
Humble Servant
Frederick Hamilton
Oxford Street No. 248
Feby. 19th. 1787-[1]
Mr. Hamilton
Feby 1787[2]
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Dear Mrs. Dickenson
I am extremely glad to hear that you are recovering
so well after your confinement & that your little
acquisition is also in so good a state Mrs. Hamilton
& my Daughter who desire to be remembered to you, saw
Miss Anne Clarke yesterday, who gave them this
agreeable information. You will do me the favour
to give five guineas for me to your Nurse, which I
will repay you with many thanks by the first opportunity
. I have a Paper to be signed by you and
Mr. Dickenson relative to your Bond which I discharged
last year; I suppose I may have a chance
of seeing him in London, if not I will send the Paper
to him, with the necessary instructions. My House
is advancing extremely well, its situation is beyond
measure beautiful & I believe the plan will not
▼
be disapproved of, my great object is that it may
hereafter be worth to my family nearly the money that
I shall expend upon it; it is no doubt rather upon
too great a scale for me, but you know when something
moderate only is intended, our ideas enlarge
as we advance, this is too often the case, & if we parry
the censure of vanity, it is difficult to escape that
of want of proper resolution. don't expect news
from me, in such a place as Bath every thing is
known immediately -- Robert is very well & grown
a great size, the last time I saw him, when Madame
Chauvet reproached him for having a dirty face he
answered, je vous demande excuse c'est ma barbe
Madame. I beg you will present my Compliments to
Mr. Dickenson & believe me
Dear Madam
Your faithful & Affectionate
Humble Servant
Frederick Hamilton
Oxford Street No. 248
February 19th. 1787-
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Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/4/1/31
Correspondence Details
Sender: Frederick Hamilton
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith (certainty: medium)
Date sent: 19 February 1787
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Rev. Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton. He writes that he is glad to hear that Mary Hamilton is recovering from her confinement and that her 'little acquisition' [her daughter Louisa] is also well. He asks that she give five guineas to her nurse on his behalf, which he will repay shortly. The letter also talks of business matters, specifically relating to Mary Hamilton's heritable bond, and family news.
Dated at Oxford Street [London].
Length: 2 sheets, 303 words
Transliteration Information
Editorial declaration: First edited in the project 'Image to Text' (David Denison & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2013-2019), now incorporated 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: XML version: Research Assistant funding in 2016/17 provided by The John Rylands Research Institute.
Research assistant: Sarah Connor, undergraduate student, University of Manchester
Research assistant: Carla Seabra-Dacosta, MA student, University of Vigo
Transliterator: Erik Smitterberg, Senior Lecturer, Uppsala University (submitted May 2017)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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Revision date: 2 November 2021