COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Hamilton Papers
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Mary Hamilton Papers
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Image Number:
HAM_1_5_2_8.pdf
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HAM_1_5_2_8.pdf
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Reference Number:
HAM/1/5/2/8
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HAM/1/5/2/8
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Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Correspondence from Other Relatives
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Correspondence from Other Relatives
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Parent Work Title:
Letter from Wilhelmina Murray
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Letter from Wilhelmina Murray
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Creator:
Murray, Wilhelmina (née King), approximately 1738-1795
creator
Murray, Wilhelmina (née King), approximately 1738-1795
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Creator Role:
Author
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Author
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1787-01-01
date_created
1787-01-01
Date Created
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Description:
The letter relates to general family news and to a presentation at court. Murray is glad to hear that Hamilton is in the 'the land of the living' from her own hand and is comfortably settled for the Winter season. She asks if she has seen Lady Charlotte Murray since she has been in Bath and notes that it is 'crowded as possible East Indian nabobs and...fortune hunters in plenty'. Murray notes the weather had being very severe and that she had hoped to purchase some sandals to walk on the ice but by the time she had got a pair it was so 'wet and dirty that I want stilts instead of cloggs'. Murray reports on the health of mutual friends and acquaintances, including Queen Charlotte. Commenting on a drawing room event at Court, Murray reports that the 'Drawing Room was like a masquerade...and that every body was complaining, that the feathers and & flowers of their neighbours pulled out their powder & hair ...[of everybody] was equally troublesome'. Murray found it amusing when a Mrs Drummand was presented to the Queen '(as a bride) being tall and decked out with feathers , when she came to kiss the hand she would have brushed H.M. face with them, if the Queen had not held her head as back as possible and her hand as forward, which however was not a graceful posture'.
description
The letter relates to general family news and to a presentation at court. Murray is glad to hear that Hamilton is in the 'the land of the living' from her own hand and is comfortably settled for the Winter season. She asks if she has seen Lady Charlotte Murray since she has been in Bath and notes that it is 'crowded as possible East Indian nabobs and...fortune hunters in plenty'. Murray notes the weather had being very severe and that she had hoped to purchase some sandals to walk on the ice but by the time she had got a pair it was so 'wet and dirty that I want stilts instead of cloggs'. Murray reports on the health of mutual friends and acquaintances, including Queen Charlotte. Commenting on a drawing room event at Court, Murray reports that the 'Drawing Room was like a masquerade...and that every body was complaining, that the feathers and & flowers of their neighbours pulled out their powder & hair ...[of everybody] was equally troublesome'. Murray found it amusing when a Mrs Drummand was presented to the Queen '(as a bride) being tall and decked out with feathers , when she came to kiss the hand she would have brushed H.M. face with them, if the Queen had not held her head as back as possible and her hand as forward, which however was not a graceful posture'.
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Language Code:
eng-GB
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eng-GB
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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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Subject:
Great Britain--Court and courtiers
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Great Britain--Court and courtiers
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Subject:
Letters
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Letters
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Category of Material:
Archives
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Archives
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Sub-Category:
Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
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Medium:
Ink
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Ink
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Support:
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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false
People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
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Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
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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
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers
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Mary Hamilton Papers
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