COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Hamilton Papers
Record
Image Number:
HAM_1_2_25.pdf
Reference Number:
HAM/1/2/25
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Correspondence from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton
Parent Work Title:
Diary letter from John Dickenson to Mary Hamilton
Creator:
Dickenson, John, approximately 1757-1842
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1789-07
Description:
The letter includes two notes on the back of the sheet. One from Maria Eliza Rundell and the second from her husband Dr Rundell (see HAM/1/8/6). Dickenson's letter relates to his health and of his time in Bath. He updates Hamilton on the people he has met and on what he has been doing. He notes that he has been reading Hester Piozzi's Travels but he does not 'admire... [it and notes that] it is just worth reading'. He has been to his drawing master, visited friends and went to Villa Gardens to see some Fireworks which he describes 'as very pretty'. Hamilton had offered to visit him in Bath and he advises against it. He informs her that he is now in good health and that the medicine he has been given by his doctor has been effective and the waters agree with him. He also cites the extra expense her visit will incur. In his note, Dr Rundell writes that Dickenson has told him that he will have the pleasure of seeing Hamilton in the Spring and that he is looking forward to this. Maria Eliza Rundell informs Hamilton in her note that Dickenson is 'wonderfully well' and in good spirits. He has told her that Hamilton is worried about him and she assures her that there is no need for her to be. Rundell also advises Hamilton what to do if her daughter Louisa has a tendency to rickets (she writes that Louisa's legs are crooked). Her legs should be bathed up to the knees and to rub them with 'peats foot oil, the former every other night, the later every night - and give a little physich once a week'. She continues with her advice.
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
Creation Site:
England: Bath and Northeast Somerset: Bath
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Bath and Northeast Somerset: Bath
People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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