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Mary Hamilton Papers
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HAM1465.pdf
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HAM/1/4/6/5
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Series Title:
Correspondence from the Hamilton Family
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Correspondence from the Hamilton Family
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Parent Work Title:
Letter from Henry Hamilton to John Dickenson
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Letter from Henry Hamilton to John Dickenson
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Creator:
Hamilton, Henry, -1796
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Hamilton, Henry, -1796
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Author
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Date Created:
1793-03-29
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Description:
Letter from Henry Hamilton to John Dickenson. Henry Hamilton writes that 'a man should write in such good spirits on the abuse of his wife would surprise me, did I not know to account for things in your letter entertained me greatly, and for a Taxal man you surprise me how you could spin out such a variety of matter'. Henry Hamilton writes of his idea of the 'marriage state' is that 'he is happiest that has the smallest ground for regret, for as to being always in love, tis something like always being hungry which is impossible'. He continues that Mrs Dickenson would respond to such a view as 'filthy fellow, does he call that love?'. He knows of people who are not always kind to each other and knows of 'thousands who regard a Wife in the same such as they do a cane, a corkscrew, a snuf[f] box, only because they have had it as long'. He writes that Mary Hamilton is a 'paragon' of a woman 'worth 20 golden fleeces'. He mentions her ill health and writes that he could cure her and 'damn that fellow Turton [her doctor] with his gout in the Nerves, are not we all nerves'. He advises her to take a bit of Kensington ginger bread for breakfast with a glass of ...old Madira. That she should be in the open air when the weather is dry and tea should be 'banished'. The letter continues with advise on the food she should. Henry Hamilton notes that he would prefer a 'beef steak wife than a water grand one'. Turton may be a 'clever fellow' but he is no physician for him or his wife and Hamilton himself feels he knows more about gout than the doctor does. He then continues on his own health and treatments. Henry Hamilton also tells a story of a Lord Teafe [Jease?] in the Imperial Service who was asked by George II how he made so 'gallant an offence at a certain port with so few men'. He told the King that he had the soldier's wives wear regimentals, 'and I gave a whinelock to ivry one of the bitches, and by jas, please your Majesty the bitches kilt up with a whining, that we kipt the enemy off till we got a reinforcement. Delicacy'.
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Letter from Henry Hamilton to John Dickenson. Henry Hamilton writes that 'a man should write in such good spirits on the abuse of his wife would surprise me, did I not know to account for things in your letter entertained me greatly, and for a Taxal man you surprise me how you could spin out such a variety of matter'. Henry Hamilton writes of his idea of the 'marriage state' is that 'he is happiest that has the smallest ground for regret, for as to being always in love, tis something like always being hungry which is impossible'. He continues that Mrs Dickenson would respond to such a view as 'filthy fellow, does he call that love?'. He knows of people who are not always kind to each other and knows of 'thousands who regard a Wife in the same such as they do a cane, a corkscrew, a snuf[f] box, only because they have had it as long'. He writes that Mary Hamilton is a 'paragon' of a woman 'worth 20 golden fleeces'. He mentions her ill health and writes that he could cure her and 'damn that fellow Turton [her doctor] with his gout in the Nerves, are not we all nerves'. He advises her to take a bit of Kensington ginger bread for breakfast with a glass of ...old Madira. That she should be in the open air when the weather is dry and tea should be 'banished'. The letter continues with advise on the food she should. Henry Hamilton notes that he would prefer a 'beef steak wife than a water grand one'. Turton may be a 'clever fellow' but he is no physician for him or his wife and Hamilton himself feels he knows more about gout than the doctor does. He then continues on his own health and treatments. Henry Hamilton also tells a story of a Lord Teafe [Jease?] in the Imperial Service who was asked by George II how he made so 'gallant an offence at a certain port with so few men'. He told the King that he had the soldier's wives wear regimentals, 'and I gave a whinelock to ivry one of the bitches, and by jas, please your Majesty the bitches kilt up with a whining, that we kipt the enemy off till we got a reinforcement. Delicacy'.
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Language Code:
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Subject:
Marriage
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Marriage
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Subject:
Military history
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Military history
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Subject:
Great Britain--Social life and customs
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Great Britain--Social life and customs
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Letters
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Letters
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Archives
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Archives
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Correspondence
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Handwriting
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Handwriting
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Ink
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Ink
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Paper
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
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18th Century CE
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Places Covered:
England: Derbyshire: Chapel-en-le-Frith
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England: Derbyshire: Chapel-en-le-Frith
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false
People Covered:
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
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George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
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People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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People Covered:
Hamilton, Henry, -1796
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Hamilton, Henry, -1796
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-03-23
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-08
Metadata Language:
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Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers
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