Detail View: Mary Hamilton Papers:
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Image Number:
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HAM11960.pdf
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Reference Number:
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HAM/1/19/60
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Link to Catalogue:
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Series Title:
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Correspondence from William 7th Lord Napier
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Parent Work Title:
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Letter from William 7th Lord Napier
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Creator:
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Napier, William, 7th Lord Napier, 1730–1775 Napier, 1730–1775
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1774-02-18
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Description:
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Napier writes that he has returned home from a 'pilgrimage' around his fifteen friends which lasted about a month as he never stayed long in one place. He is sorry that an earlier letter of his made her uneasy but if she knew the anxiety he felt on her account she would have 'pitted him'. After reading her words he could do nothing but write as he did. He could think of nothing but that she had 'made a marriage that [she] was ashamed of' and if such a thing were true how would this have affected Hamilton's mother and friends. With an attempt at humour Napier writes that with such goodness and prudence that Hamilton has for such a thing to happen 'where then could we have ever after put confidence in a young Lady, for my part I freely tell you I never would have again trusted to the discretion of any of the Sex' and would have thought that education was useless to them 'further than what nature had given them'. Napier continues that he has sound judgement and that Hamilton has the high opinion of all her friends and is an 'example to all the young Ladies of her acquaintance'. Moving on Napier writes of Hamilton's continuation with riding and of the good affect that this has had on her health. Hamilton is to visit London soon and Napier notes that he does not expect her to 'run into all the dispositions of the town' and that he has less fear for her than for any other young woman of his acquaintance. He is glad that her mother will have an agreeable companion with her whilst Hamilton is away though he does not believe that this 'will make up for the want of her Mary's sauciness which she knows to well how to throw in when she wants to make good her point'. Dated at Edinburgh.
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Subject:
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Great Britain--Social life and customs
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Subject:
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Letters
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Category of Material:
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Archives
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Sub-Category:
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Correspondence
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Scotland: Edinburgh
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Time Period Covered:
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18th Century CE
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People Covered:
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Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights Holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions may apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2011-12-01
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Mary Hamilton Papers
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