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. The letter relates to general news of Dickenson's visit to Oakford and his journey to Plymouth, where he visited the Rundells. He also writes about the high rates in the county. The 'rates in Devon are enormous – there are 500 County Bridges & the expen[s]e of their repairs & preservation alone is never less than [£]36,000 and frequently exceeds [£]40,000'.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Original reference No. 12.</p>

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Journal-letter from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/2/54)

Journal-letter from John Dickenson to his wife Mary née Hamilton. The letter relates to general news of Dickenson's visit to Oakford and his journey to Plymouth, where he visited the Rundells. He also writes about the high rates in the county. The 'rates in Devon are enormous – there are 500 County Bridges & the expen[s]e of their repairs & preservation alone is never less than [£]36,000 and frequently exceeds [£]40,000'.

Original reference No. 12.

Information about this document

  • Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
  • Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
  • Classmark: HAM/1/2/54
  • Title: Journal-letter from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton
  • Language(s): English
  • Author(s): Dickenson, John
  • Origin Place: Plymouth
  • Date of Creation: from 25 to 28 September 1813
  • Date of Sending: 28 September 1813
  • Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
  • Destination: London
  • Extent: 1 sheet; 1160 words
  • Condition: Two small sealing tears on p.2 and p.3. No words seem to be affected.
  • Script:
    Hand of writer of the main text, John Dickenson.
    Hand of unknown writer of the number at the top right of p.1.
    Hand of unknown writer of the date at the top left 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 MA students in the module LELA70172 Modern English Language 1500-present, Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK), May 2016.

  • Acknowledgements:
    Transliterator: Newton, Ethan (submitted 2016-05)
    TXT and XML encoder: Formisano, Isabella
    Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
    Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
  • 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/1/2/54
    • Title: Journal-letter from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton
    • Language(s): English
    • Author(s): Dickenson, John
    • Origin Place: Plymouth
    • Date of Creation: from 25 to 28 September 1813
    • Date of Sending: 28 September 1813
    • Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
    • Destination: London
    • Extent: 1 sheet; 1160 words
    • Condition: Two small sealing tears on p.2 and p.3. No words seem to be affected.
    • Script:
      Hand of writer of the main text, John Dickenson.
      Hand of unknown writer of the number at the top right of p.1.
      Hand of unknown writer of the date at the top left 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 MA students in the module LELA70172 Modern English Language 1500-present, Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK), May 2016.

    • Acknowledgements:
      Transliterator: Newton, Ethan (submitted 2016-05)
      TXT and XML encoder: Formisano, Isabella
      Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
      Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
    • Last Revised: 2021-11-02

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