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Image Number: 
HAM14328.pdf
Reference Number: 
HAM/1/4/3/28
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: 
1809-06-08
Description: 
The letter is concerned with news on family and society. Frederick Hamilton is well but has been 'much affected' by the death of his relation, Mr Greville [Charles Francis Greville, Mineralogist, (1749-1809) Mary Hamilton's cousin]. Jane Holman would prefer it if he would live in London but he writes that he will not leave Bath although he does not like it there. He sees moving as being 'a serious operation'. The letter also relates to literature and society. Mary Hamilton had suggested that Jane Holman reads Miss Hamilton's Cottages of Glenburnie [Elizabeth Hamilton, author, (1756?-1816)], she has already reade her Memoirs of Modern Philosophers. Jane Holman believes that Elizabeth Hamilton is 'a relation through Scotland'. She also notes that she has translated into 'English blank verse' one of the tragedies of Count Alifieri [an Italian dramatist]. Jane Holman reports that she has not heard anything from Mrs Garrick [Eva Maria Garrick, n?e Veigel, dancer, (1724-1822), married the actor David Garrick] and has attended two concerts whilst in Bath, a private one and one in the Rooms where she heard Madame Catalani sing. She has been to see only one play since her return to London which was on the occasion of the actor Mr Lewis retiring from the theatre after thirty six years. She notes that he and his friends were 'much agitated'. The Covent Garden theatre is to open on the 11th September but reports that she does not know what is to be done about the building of the Drury Lane Theatre. The letter ends with a report from the newspapers of the defeat of Bonaparte at the banks of the Danube. Dated at 50 Mortimer Street, [London].
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Subject: 
War
Subject: 
Letters
Subject: 
Literature
Subject: 
Theatre
Subject: 
Theatres
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: Bedfordshire: Leighton Buzzard
Places Covered: 
England: Bath and Northeast Somerset: Bath
Places Covered: 
England: Herefordshire
Places Covered: 
England: Greater London: London
People Covered: 
Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822
People Covered: 
Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816
People Covered: 
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
People Covered: 
Greville, Charles Francis, 1749-1809
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: 
Creative Commons License
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2011-08
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Mary Hamilton Papers