COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Hamilton Papers
Record
Image Number:
HAM_1_2_16.pdf
Reference Number:
HAM/1/2/16
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Correspondence from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton
Parent Work Title:
Diary letter from John Dickenson
Creator:
Dickenson, John, approximately 1757-1842
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1789-06-21
Description:
The letter relates to Dickenson visiting with the More sisters (Hannah More and her three sisters) and news of other friends and acquaintances in Bath. Dickenson writes of his astonishment to hear whilst at the Miss More's, 'so many vulgar expressions in common conversation'. Whilst there they spoke of a poet. Dickenson notes that Mrs Yearseley is 'universally despised' and that there are only three or four 'people who take any notice of her' and he believes that Hannah More 'ought to have taken notice of that woman's justification of herself as it was too well written to be treated as with contempt, however fallacious she might know the subject to be . Miss More said they had always been of my opinion, but Hannah thought otherwise.' Sarah More (known as Sally (1743-1819)) believed that 'ten lines would be sufficiently full of faults to convince the world of the injustice of the assertions, to clear up Hannah's character to the world, and expose the notorious falsehoods in Mrs Y[earseley]s publication'. The sisters spoke of their affection of a Dr Stonehouse and of his being pleased by Hannah Mores eulogy for his wife. Dickenson notes that he will spend a day or two with the Mores at Cowslip Green Somerset, and will also visit Dr Stonehouse. In the letter Dickenson writes on the subject of what he has been reading to Hamilton. He spent part of the morning reading a pamphlet on the Royal Interviews, which is concerned with a discussion that had supposedly taken place between the King and the Prince of Wales concerning the conduct of the Prince. He also writes of his visits to the Pump room to take the waters and of his social life whilst at Bath.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--Social life and customs
Subject:
Letters
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Bath and Northeast Somerset: Bath
People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
People Covered:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions may apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2014-06-20
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers