The Mary Hamilton Papers : Journal-letter from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton

Journal-letter from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/2/21)

Journal-letter from John Dickenson to his wife Mary née Hamilton covering the period 12-15 July 1789. The letter relates to Dickenson's time in Bath. He writes on the Pump Room, his health and his social life and the people he meets. He also copies a letter written to him by Hamilton's uncle Frederick Hamilton relating to his niece's bond.

Original reference No. 7.

Information about this document

Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
Classmark: HAM/1/2/21
Title: Journal-letter from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton
Author(s): Dickenson, John
Origin Place: Bath
Date of Creation: from 12 to 15 July 1789
Date of Sending: 15 July 1789
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 sheet; 1983 words
Condition: Well preserved.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, John Dickenson.
Hand of unknown writer of part of the date at the top left of p.1, probably John Dickenson.
Hand of unknown writer of the number at the top right of p.1.
Project Information:
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.
This set submitted by final-year undergraduate students in the module LELA30172 Modern English Language 1500-present, Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK), May 2018.
Acknowledgements:
Transliterator: Ducat, Emily (submitted 2018-05)
TXT and XML encoder: Tutt, Georgia
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Archivist/paleographer: Whittick, Christopher
Last Revised: 2021-11-02

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).

Want to know more?

Under the 'More' menu you can find metadata about the item, any transcription and translation we have of the text and find out about downloading or sharing this image.

No Contents List Available

Information about this document

Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
Classmark: HAM/1/2/21
Title: Journal-letter from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton
Author(s): Dickenson, John
Origin Place: Bath
Date of Creation: from 12 to 15 July 1789
Date of Sending: 15 July 1789
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 sheet; 1983 words
Condition: Well preserved.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, John Dickenson.
Hand of unknown writer of part of the date at the top left of p.1, probably John Dickenson.
Hand of unknown writer of the number at the top right of p.1.
Project Information:
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.
This set submitted by final-year undergraduate students in the module LELA30172 Modern English Language 1500-present, Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK), May 2018.
Acknowledgements:
Transliterator: Ducat, Emily (submitted 2018-05)
TXT and XML encoder: Tutt, Georgia
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Archivist/paleographer: Whittick, Christopher
Last Revised: 2021-11-02