COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Hamilton Papers
Record
Image Number:
HAM_1_11_3.pdf
Reference Number:
HAM/1/11/3
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Correspondence from Lady Dartrey (later Cremorne)
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Lady Dartrey to Mary Hamilton
Creator:
Dartrey, Philadelphia Hannah, 1740-1826
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1789-10-03
Description:
Letter from Lady Dartrey to Mary Hamilton. She writes that she arrived safely in Chelsea on Saturday and found her daughter well. She asks Hamilton not to laugh but she notes of her distress when she was at a common some miles from 'Ukfield' [Uckfield] and from anywhere you could get a postillion she was stopped by a 'poor miserable Thoma[s]'. The first postillion had almost fallen off his horse as he was conducting them whilst drunk, 'Monet', the second postillion was left to guard them and they did not know what to do until Moynet conducted them to safety and led the saddle horse as well amidst the laughs of the town of Uckfield they arrived with the first postillion looking like the 'most laughable figure'. Dartrey continues that Thomas 'must at last be turned away'. She ends her letter by asking Hamilton to tell Princess Elizabeth how often she thinks of her and Princess Sophia.
Dated at Chelsea.
Dated at Chelsea.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain--Social life and customs
Subject:
Letters
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Greater London: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Chelsea
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: East Sussex: Uckfield
People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
People Covered:
Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1770-1840
People Covered:
Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840
Item Height:
235 mm
Item Width:
185 mm
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):
2019-05-01
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2019-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers