COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Hamilton Papers
Record
Image Number:
HAM14319.pdf
Reference Number:
HAM/1/4/3/19
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Correspondence from the Hamilton Family
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Jane Holman to Mary Hamilton
Creator:
Holman (née Hamilton), Jane, approximately 1767-1810
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1807-01-29
Description:
The letter mainly relates to Holman's health, her concerns for her future and her father. She writes that she is suffering from 'weakness' which has 'been brought on by agitation of mind', which in part was due to a miscarriage she had undergone. The letter also provides details of her father's financial arrangements at the time of her marriage, especially the promise of ?6000 on her marriage. She writes of her father's temperament as being 'determined' and that there is a danger of causing him offence if she acts against his wishes. She is unable to travel to Bath for her father for at least a couple of days as her mourning clothes are not yet ready but writes of receiving a letter from him in which he affirms that although his affections towards her remain the same, he refuses to meet with her until she declares her 'conviction of the justice of all his opinions'. She notes that this is an 'impossibility' as 'such a declaration must give eternal offence to him with whom my life is to be spent, for if two persons are dramatically opposite in their ideas, it is scarcely necessary to say, that nothing but violence, can fail to offend one of them'. Dated at 35 Aldgate High Street, [London].
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Letters
Subject:
Great Britain--Social life and customs
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Greater London: London
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Gloucestershire: Cheltenham
Places Covered:
England: Bedfordshire: Leighton Buzzard
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):
2011-03-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers
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