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COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Hamilton Papers
Record 
Image Number:
HAM_1_11_13.pdf
Reference Number:
HAM/1/11/13
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:
1781-09-29
Description:
Letter from Lady Dartrey to Mary Hamilton. She thanks Hamilton for her letter and her 'pretty work box'. Lord Dartrey is happy to know that Prince Alfred is better and she asks that Hamilton assure the Queen how happy they are at Hamilton's account of him. She thanks Princess Elizabeth for her present and notes that she will value it and leave it for her future great grand-daughter. The letter continues on the subject of the princesses and on Dartrey's daughter, Julia who when she was asked what it was she was drawing replied that she was not drawing but 'writing her proper Diphthongs ai, ae, air [...] only think how ridiculous!'.

Dated at Chelsea.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain--Court and courtiers
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
People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
People Covered:
Dawson, Thomas, Lord Dartrey, 1st Viscount Cremorne, 1725-1813
People Covered:
Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1770-1840
People Covered:
Alfred, Prince, son of George III, King of Great Britain, 1780-1782
Item Height:
185 mm
Item Width:
120 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:
Creative Commons License
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2019-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers

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