Letter from Sir William Hamilton to John Dickenson

Letter from Sir William Hamilton to John Dickenson The Mary Hamilton Papers Complete electronic edition of the Hamilton Papers, in progress. Barker, Hannah Professor, University of Manchester Coulombeau Lecturer, University of York Denison, David Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester Oudesluijs, Tino Research Associate, University of Manchester Ulph, Cassandra Research Associate, University of Manchester Wallis, Christine Research Associate, University of Manchester Yáñez-Bouza, Nuria Senior Lecturer, University of Vigo Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester transliterator Ji, Lin undergraduate student, University of Manchester TXT and XML encoder Tutt, Georgia MA student, University of Manchester cataloguer Crawley, Lisa Archivist, The John Rylands Library cataloguer Hodgson, John Head of Special Collections, The John Rylands Library imaging University of Manchester Library imaging team XML version: Research Assistant funding in 2017/18 provided by Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester. 131 words First edited in the project 'Image to Text' (David Denison & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2013-19), 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, 2019-22). The University of Manchester Manchester

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Letter from Sir William Hamilton to John Dickenson. He congratulates Dickenson on the birth of his and daughter, Louisa. From Mary's last letter, Sir William perceives that 'she is perfectly happy and indeed she deserves it for on her side possessing an excellent affectionate heart and a strong well cultivated Understanding I know she cou'd not fail making you happy'. He hopes to visit Britain again in a year's time. Dated at Caserta.

Letter from Sir William Hamilton to John Dickenson 1 sheet Well preserved. Hand of author of the main text of the letter, Sir William Hamilton. Hand of unknown writer of some added lines on back of the letter. Hand of writer of an added line on back of the letter, Florence Anson.

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Hamilton, William, Sir Caserta 6 March 1787 Hamilton, Mary unknown Revised fileDesc in header. Revised paragraph and note tags. Revised the .TXT transliterations and produced the .XML files. Transliterations submitted. Image made available. Catalogue made available online. https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/manchesteruniversity/data/gb133-ham.

Caserta

6th of March 1787. Sir

It was with great pleasure that I received your obliging Letter acquainting me of Mrs. Dickensons safe delivery of a Daughter -- I most heartily wish you both a Continuance of every earthly happineſs -- by her last letter to me which I will soon Answer fully I perceive she is perfectly happy and indeed she deserves it for for on her side poſseſsing an excellent affectionate heart and a strong well cultivated Understanding I know she cou'dcould not fail making you happy, which I with pleasure see that she does -- I hope I may be able to make another visit to Great Britain in a years time & I shall have much pleasure in making your acquaintance

I am Sir your most obedient humble Sert.Servant Wm.William Hamilton

Sr.Sir Wm.William Hamilton March 1787 To Mr. DDickenson Typed by FFlorence