Incomplete letter from Lady Catherine Herries (née Foote) to John Dickenson (HAM/1/17/190)
Final page of an incomplete letter from Lady Catherine Herries to John Dickenson. She sends Louisa Dickenson her 'many kisses' and writes that Nina [Herries] wishes her to apologise for her 'mistake' which 'occasioned her writing on two half Sheets'. The letter ends with Herries reporting that her own and Nina's health remains as 'usual'.
Information about this document
- Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
- Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
- Classmark: HAM/1/17/190
- Title: Incomplete letter from Lady Catherine Herries (née Foote) to John Dickenson
- Author(s): Herries (née Foote), Catherine
- Origin Place: Hastings
- Date of Creation: 1792
- Date of Sending: 1792
- Recipient(s): Dickenson, John
- Destination: Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith
- Language(s): English
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Condition: One or more sheets are missing from the letter.
- Script:Hand of writer of the main text, Lady Catherine Herries.
- Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
- Acknowledgements:Cataloguer: Crawley, LisaCataloguer: Hodgson, John
- Last Revised: 2023-08-04
First edited 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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- Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
- Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
- Classmark: HAM/1/17/190
- Title: Incomplete letter from Lady Catherine Herries (née Foote) to John Dickenson
- Author(s): Herries (née Foote), Catherine
- Origin Place: Hastings
- Date of Creation: 1792
- Date of Sending: 1792
- Recipient(s): Dickenson, John
- Destination: Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith
- Language(s): English
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Condition: One or more sheets are missing from the letter.
- Script:Hand of writer of the main text, Lady Catherine Herries.
- Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
- Acknowledgements:Cataloguer: Crawley, LisaCataloguer: Hodgson, John
- Last Revised: 2023-08-04
