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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": "14 July 1782" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "unknown" }, { "label": "Next", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00015-00002-00023-00002" }, { "label": "Prev", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00015-00002-00023" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Hand of writer of the main text, Mary Hamilton.<\/div>
Hand of writer of the number at the top right 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; 498 words" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "HAM/1/15/2/23(1)" }, { "label": "Destination", "value": "Horton, Northamptonshire" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "" }, { "label": "Acknowledgements", "value": "
Transliterator: Lunt, Rachael (submitted 2014-11)<\/div>
TXT and XML encoder: Morrison, Donald Alasdair<\/div>
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Cataloguer: Hodgson, John<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

Hamilton begins this letter noting that she has waited on Hero [Charlotte Hanbury Boyle-Walsingham (née Williams) (d. 1790)] and flatters herself that she is 'in good Odour with her'. They attended Walker's Lecture together. She continues that Hero talked of Gunning but did not say anything about Gunning's coming to her and Hamilton did not 'venture the question'. Hamilton asks what Gunning's father has to say about all the changes to the Ministry. Gunning has asked Hamilton to obtain for her a lock of hair (she does not specify whose, possibly one of the princesses') and writes that she will do so but that she 'must on no account boast of having this invaluable Treasure in [her] possession'. Hamilton is interested to know what Gunning intends to study during the summer and which books she has been reading. She continues on the subject of books and wishes they could have read together. Some text has been censored by Hamilton so it is not possible to read all that she writes on her interests, but she does note that she wishes to know something on natural history. She has seen advertised a new novel, Cecilia<\/i>, by Miss Burney [Frances Burney (1752-1840)], who wrote Evelina<\/i>, and she would like to see it. Hamilton thought Evelina<\/i> to be 'a wonderful proof of genius for that Kind of Writing[,] if it is true that she was so young & had no assistance'. The new book is in five volumes and Hamilton thinks it may be a good 'lounging' book, and advises Gunning to purchase it and write to her on how she gets on with it.<\/p>

Original reference No. 20.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Mary Hamilton Papers" }, { "label": "Recipient(s)", "value": "Digby (née Gunning), Charlotte Margaret" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "One of two letters pasted together." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Hamilton, Mary" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by The University of Manchester.

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