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- 5th: June 1795 --
I set out on purpose to take Leave of Dear Mrs Dickenson, but -- arriv'd at Her
Door the Rain began to fall & the People to run wch. so represented to Me the
Storm of last Night, at least renew'd the Terror of it that I call'd out Home Home
tho my Coach door was open'd to get Out & wait on You. Cowards there always
were, & if it be not in Battle there is no Harm done. I was glad to see
yr Precious Daur looking as if London had done Her no Harm. If before You leave
this part of the World any thing shd bring You to Kew or Richmond I hope You will
enquire for Rosedale[1] &
yr Obedient humble Servant
F. Boscawen
Mrs Dickenson
Half Moon StreetBoulton Street
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Normalised Text
I set out on purpose to take Leave of Dear Mrs Dickenson, but -- arrived at Her
Door the Rain began to fall & the People to run which so represented to Me the
Storm of last Night, at least renewed the Terror of it that I called out Home Home
though my Coach door was opened to get Out & wait on You. Cowards there always
were, & if it be not in Battle there is no Harm done. I was glad to see
your Precious Daughter looking as if London had done Her no Harm. If before You leave
this part of the World any thing should bring You to Kew or Richmond I hope You will
enquire for Rosedale &
your Obedient humble Servant
Frances Boscawen
Mrs Dickenson
Boulton Street
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Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Note from Frances Evelyn Boscawen to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/6/1/11
Correspondence Details
Sender: Frances Evelyn Boscawen (née Glanville)
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: London
Date sent: 5 June 1795
Letter Description
Summary: Note from Frances Evelyn Boscawen to Mary Hamilton. She writes that she set out to visit Hamilton while she was in London, but as she arrived at her door 'the Rain began to fall & the People to run wh[i]ch so represented to Me the Storm of last Night, at least renew[e]d the Terror of it that I call[e]d out Home Home'. She asks that Hamilton visit her if she can.
Note is dated at Audley Street.
Length: 1 sheet, 137 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).
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: XML version: Research Assistant funding in 2016/17 provided by The John Rylands Research Institute.
Research assistant: Isabella Formisano, former MA student, University of Manchester
Transliterator: Andrew Gott, dissertation student, University of Manchester (submitted June 2012)
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