Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to James Russell Lowell, 18 November 1884.

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                                <abbr>Nov</abbr>
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                                <abbr>84</abbr>
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                        <lb/><placeName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#CornerHouse">The Corner
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                        <lb/><placeName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#Kent">Kent</placeName></dateline>
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                <p>There — I shall hope for the pleasure of seeing you here — <date>Saturday</date>
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                            <abbr>Nov.</abbr>
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                    have to do — in our English marriage service — is to stand beside her — &amp;
                    when the clergyman says "who giveth this woman to be married to this man?" you
                    answer — "I do" — &amp; place her hand in the bridgegroom's — When the service
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                    very short distance. — for cake — &amp; tea — </p>
                <p>About return trains — for I know every minute of your time is valuable. There is
                    one at 4.22. — but as the bride &amp; bridgegroom cannot leave till 4.30 — I
                    hope you will kindly delay until the next one — 5.29 — Still, should business be
                    imperative — tell me — &amp; our carriage shall be at the door at 4.10 — for
                    you. — </p>
                <p>Pardon these details — but I have always been a "woman of business" — &amp; know
                    the necessity of accuracy — &amp; I want to save you all the trouble that I can
                    — in return for your kindness. — </p>
                <closer><salute>Very sincerely yours </salute><lb/><signed><persName
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                    <p>I mean to introduce you to our wedding guest — who will sit beside me in
                        Church — a very old friend of mine — who was 100 years old last August! — 3
                        months older than <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#MontefioreSirMoses">Sir
                            Moses</persName>. — She was born in my native <placeName
                            ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#Staffordshire">Staffordshire</placeName> — but
                        lived all her life — after her marriage which lasted 60 years — in
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                        She remembers riding on a pillion behind her husband to see <persName
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                            <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#QueenCharlotte">Queen
                            Charlotte</persName>. She has all her faculties &amp; interests alive —
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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to James Russell Lowell, 18 November 1884. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription June 2014 by Karen Bourrier Proofing of transcription 9 May 2017 by Hannah Anderson TEI encoding 2 May 2017 by Hannah Anderson Proofing of TEI encoding 12 May 2017 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: May 2017. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2016

Reproduced by courtesy of Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Harvard University Houghton Library Modern Books & Manuscripts Collection James Russell Lowell Papers MS AM 1483; 91 Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to James Russell Lowell, 18 November 1884.

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbreviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to facilitate searching. The long s is not encoded.

 Explanatory note 1 added.
Nov November 18/84 1884 The Corner House Shortlands R.O. Kent Dear Mr. Lowell

There — I shall hope for the pleasure of seeing you here — Saturday next — 22 nd Nov. November — by the special train which leaves Victoria at 1.30. — My husband will be on it — & our carriage will meet you & take you direct to our house — where the bride will be waiting for you to take her to Church. — — All you have to do — in our English marriage service — is to stand beside her — & when the clergyman says "who giveth this woman to be married to this man?" you answer — "I do" — & place her hand in the bridgegroom's — When the service is half over, the clergyman advances to the altar, & the bride & bridgegroom follow — no one else. — All the service ended — you & I with Mr. & Mrs. Macmillan, follow the newly-married couple into the vestry to sign the register. Then you give your arm to Mrs. Macmillan while Mr. Macmillan takes me — & we follow the young couple out of Church — to our house — which is a very short distance. — for cake — & tea —

About return trains — for I know every minute of your time is valuable. There is one at 4.22. — but as the bride & bridgegroom cannot leave till 4.30 — I hope you will kindly delay until the next one — 5.29 — Still, should business be imperative — tell me — & our carriage shall be at the door at 4.10 — for you. —

Pardon these details — but I have always been a "woman of business" — & know the necessity of accuracy — & I want to save you all the trouble that I can — in return for your kindness. —

Very sincerely yours DMCraik —

I mean to introduce you to our wedding guest — who will sit beside me in Church — a very old friend of mine — who was 100 years old last August! — 3 months older than Sir Moses. — She was born in my native Staffordshire — but lived all her life — after her marriage which lasted 60 years — in Dorsetshire. She remembers riding on a pillion behind her husband to see King George & Queen Charlotte. She has all her faculties & interests alive — & quite appreciates the honour of meeting Mr. Lowell. —

1 On 22 November 1884, Maurice Macmillan (second son of Daniel and Frances Macmillan) and Helen Artie Hill were married at Dinah and George Craik's home, the Corner House, Shortlands, Kent. James Russell Lowell stood in for Helen's deceased father. Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser (28 November 1884), Sevenoaks, Kent, BNA.

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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to James Russell Lowell, 18 November 1884. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription June 2014 by Karen Bourrier Proofing of transcription 9 May 2017 by Hannah Anderson TEI encoding 2 May 2017 by Hannah Anderson Proofing of TEI encoding 12 May 2017 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: May 2017. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2016

Reproduced by courtesy of Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Harvard University Houghton Library Modern Books & Manuscripts Collection James Russell Lowell Papers MS AM 1483; 91 Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to James Russell Lowell, 18 November 1884.

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbreviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to facilitate searching. The long s is not encoded.

 Explanatory note 1 added.
Nov November 18/ 84 1884 The Corner House Shortlands R.O. Kent Dear Mr. Lowell

There — I shall hope for the pleasure of seeing you here — Saturday next — 22 nd Nov. November — by the special train which leaves Victoria at 1.30. — My husband will be on it — & our carriage will meet you & take you direct to our house — where the bride will be waiting for you to take her to Church. — — All you have to do — in our English marriage service — is to stand beside her — & when the clergyman says "who giveth this woman to be married to this man?" you answer — "I do" — & place her hand in the bridgegroom's — When the service is half over, the clergyman advances to the altar, & the bride & bridgegroom follow — no one else. — All the service ended — you & I with Mr. & Mrs. Macmillan, follow the newly-married couple into the vestry to sign the register. Then you give your arm to Mrs. Macmillan while Mr. Macmillan takes me — & we follow the young couple out of Church — to our house — which is a very short distance. — for cake — & tea —

About return trains — for I know every minute of your time is valuable. There is one at 4.22. — but as the bride & bridgegroom cannot leave till 4.30 — I hope you will kindly delay until the next one — 5.29 — Still, should business be imperative — tell me — & our carriage shall be at the door at 4.10 — for you. —

Pardon these details — but I have always been a "woman of business" — & know the necessity of accuracy — & I want to save you all the trouble that I can — in return for your kindness. —

Very sincerely yours DMCraik —

I mean to introduce you to our wedding guest — who will sit beside me in Church — a very old friend of mine — who was 100 years old last August! — 3 months older than Sir Moses. — She was born in my native Staffordshire — but lived all her life — after her marriage which lasted 60 years — in Dorsetshire. She remembers riding on a pillion behind her husband to see King George & Queen Charlotte. She has all her faculties & interests alive — & quite appreciates the honour of meeting Mr. Lowell. —

On 22 November 1884, Maurice Macmillan (second son of Daniel and Frances Macmillan) and Helen Artie Hill were married at Dinah and George Craik's home, the Corner House, Shortlands, Kent. James Russell Lowell stood in for Helen's deceased father. Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser (28 November 1884), Sevenoaks, Kent, BNA.