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Letters first transliterated by individual students as TXT files with partial XML mark-up, revised by a research assistant and completed as TEI/XML files. Project supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.<\/p>

This set submitted by final-year undergraduate students in the module LELA30171 Modern English Language 1500-present, Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK), November 2014.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "from 11 to 12 February 1786" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "London" }, { "label": "Next", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00002-00058" }, { "label": "Prev", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00002-00006" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Hand of writer of the main text, John Dickenson.<\/div>
Hand of unknown writer of the number at the top left of p.1.<\/div>
Hand of writer of the cross at the top left of p.1, probably a member of the Anson family.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "English" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "John Rylands Research Institute and Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 sheet; 768 words" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "HAM/1/2/7" }, { "label": "Destination", "value": "Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "" }, { "label": "Acknowledgements", "value": "
Transliterator: Isaac, Hope (submitted 2014-11)<\/div>
TXT and XML encoder: Morrison, Donald Alasdair<\/div>
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa<\/div>
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

Journal-letter from John Dickenson to his wife Mary née Hamilton covering the period 11-12 February 1786. He visited Mrs Delany [Mary Delany, née Granville (1700-1788), English Bluestocking, artist, and letter-writer] and found her well after recovering from 'giddiness in her head', for which she has been bled. He wishes that she would not allow so many visitors each morning or at least set aside part of the day to receive visits. Dickenson reports that there were sixteen people visiting her that morning. They spoke a lot about Hamilton and when he referred to her as his 'better half', Mrs Delany reprimanded him and said: 'I will not allow that \u2013 there are two good hearts perfectly united'. Mrs Delany noted that the Queen often makes enquiries about Hamilton and wishes to know if she is happy, for she 'deserves to be so'. Knowing that Hamilton enjoys anecdotes, Mrs Delany tells Dickenson one about Princess Amelia, who when dining with the King set her eyes on some fish, but the King would not allow her any, stating that it would not be good for her. After this refusal she called for attendants and requested that the fish be removed, as it was not good for the King.<\/p>

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