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

Dickenson, John

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>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.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Original reference No. 7.</p>

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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
  • 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).


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    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
    • 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

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