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Mary Hamilton Papers
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HAM/1/1/2/2
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Series Title:
Correspondence from the Royal Family
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Correspondence from the Royal Family
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Parent Work Title:
Letter from Queen Charlotte to Mary Hamilton
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Letter from Queen Charlotte to Mary Hamilton
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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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Date Created:
1780-06-23
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Description:
From Queen Charlotte in which she reprimands Hamilton for failing to bathe in the sea at Eastbourne, writing that 'when a child is naughty, a good parent corrects it, in order to make it the better behaved. Pray can you tell me what punishment is to be made use of when the physician recommends bathing in the sea and it is not complied with?' Charlotte writes that Hamilton had promised her doctor to bathe. She continues her letter by noting that she will find her correspondence not as entertaining as those she receives from her many 'scribes'. Charlotte notes that she is still in town and that the King will leave soon for the country which they both find more agreeable. They remain in town to fulfil their duties, a task that the Queen acknowledges though is 'very often connected with difficulty, it is nevertheless attended with a secret inward satisfaction'. She believes that 'conscience' is the 'sincerest friend we have' and that she will endeavour to ensure to keep it alive. The letter then turns to news of friends at Court and Charlotte reports that Lady Warwick (Elizabeth Warwick née Hamilton, the sister of Hamilton's father (c1721-1800). Married Francis Greville Earl of Warwick in 1742 and became Countess of Warwick. After her first husband's death she married General Robert Clark) is living in her own house in town and that she intends to lead a very retired life but is available to receive all her family. Although, Charlotte notes that her daughter, Lady Frances Harper (Daughter of Francis Greville and Elizabeth Hamilton, a first-cousin of Mary Hamilton's. Married Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet, his mother, Lady Caroline Manners, was the daughter of the 2nd Duke of Rutland) has been given 'directions or orders' from her husband to deprive her mother of this pleasure' and this makes 'both parties very unhappy'. Charlotte continues that the 'duty of a child to a parent is one thing and the making oneself a party in the indiscretions of a Mother is another'. She informs Hamilton that her friends Lady King and her daughter had visited court and seemed in good health. Lady Dartrey (See HAM/1/1/1/13) had also been to court and talks of her pleasure of being settled at Chelsea. Lady Stormont, she reports, goes back and forth each day to the country. The air of which seems to agree with her. Princess Dashkova, (Possibly Princess Dashkova (1743-1810), a Russian noblewoman, author and President of the Academy of Sciences in Russia) took her leave the day before and will travel for a further two years through France, Italy and Germany. Charlotte finishes her letter by asking Hamilton not to let anybody else read it as she is aware of a number of errors which if she had the time she would correct.
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From Queen Charlotte in which she reprimands Hamilton for failing to bathe in the sea at Eastbourne, writing that 'when a child is naughty, a good parent corrects it, in order to make it the better behaved. Pray can you tell me what punishment is to be made use of when the physician recommends bathing in the sea and it is not complied with?' Charlotte writes that Hamilton had promised her doctor to bathe. She continues her letter by noting that she will find her correspondence not as entertaining as those she receives from her many 'scribes'. Charlotte notes that she is still in town and that the King will leave soon for the country which they both find more agreeable. They remain in town to fulfil their duties, a task that the Queen acknowledges though is 'very often connected with difficulty, it is nevertheless attended with a secret inward satisfaction'. She believes that 'conscience' is the 'sincerest friend we have' and that she will endeavour to ensure to keep it alive. The letter then turns to news of friends at Court and Charlotte reports that Lady Warwick (Elizabeth Warwick née Hamilton, the sister of Hamilton's father (c1721-1800). Married Francis Greville Earl of Warwick in 1742 and became Countess of Warwick. After her first husband's death she married General Robert Clark) is living in her own house in town and that she intends to lead a very retired life but is available to receive all her family. Although, Charlotte notes that her daughter, Lady Frances Harper (Daughter of Francis Greville and Elizabeth Hamilton, a first-cousin of Mary Hamilton's. Married Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet, his mother, Lady Caroline Manners, was the daughter of the 2nd Duke of Rutland) has been given 'directions or orders' from her husband to deprive her mother of this pleasure' and this makes 'both parties very unhappy'. Charlotte continues that the 'duty of a child to a parent is one thing and the making oneself a party in the indiscretions of a Mother is another'. She informs Hamilton that her friends Lady King and her daughter had visited court and seemed in good health. Lady Dartrey (See HAM/1/1/1/13) had also been to court and talks of her pleasure of being settled at Chelsea. Lady Stormont, she reports, goes back and forth each day to the country. The air of which seems to agree with her. Princess Dashkova, (Possibly Princess Dashkova (1743-1810), a Russian noblewoman, author and President of the Academy of Sciences in Russia) took her leave the day before and will travel for a further two years through France, Italy and Germany. Charlotte finishes her letter by asking Hamilton not to let anybody else read it as she is aware of a number of errors which if she had the time she would correct.
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Subject:
Great Britain--Court and courtiers
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Great Britain--Court and courtiers
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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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Correspondence
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Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
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Ink
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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: East Sussex: Eastbourne
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England: East Sussex: Eastbourne
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People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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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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People Covered:
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
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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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2014-06-20
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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Metadata Language:
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Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers
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