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HAM_1_12_32.pdf
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Reference Number:
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HAM/1/12/32
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Link to Catalogue:
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Series Title:
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Correspondence from Lady Charlotte Finch and Harriet Finch
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Parent Work Title:
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Letter from Charlotte Finch
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Creator:
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Finch, Charlotte, Lady, 1725-1813
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1781-07-04
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Description:
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Letter from Charlotte Finch. It is not clear whether this letter is addressed to Hamilton or Goldsworthy. Finch addresses her letter to ‘My dear Miss [...] ’ at the start and in the middle of the letter. This subseries contains letters addressed to Goldsworthy from Finch.
The letter relates to Mrs Fielding’s distress on the capture of the ship she was on. In Vigo [Spain] Mrs Fielding and her companions are lodging in a ‘miserable’ house which is little more than a barn but they are all thankful that they have escaped. They are waiting for passports. One of Finch acquaintances, Mr Brett, a merchant in Oporto has offered them the use of his house and credit if they can make their way there. Mr Fielding has returned to Lisbon so Finch has written to him to inform him to return to Caldas again ‘and propose he should go to Oporto and fetch her back here. I hope to God this project will succeed’. She will be distressed until she has her daughter back with her and writes that this will take at least a fortnight or three weeks as travelling is difficult in this country with no possibility of changing horses or mules and the same pair for the whole journey. Finch continues about her distress at what has happened but notes that she should be joyful that Mrs Fielding was not ‘carried to America’. Finch writes that Mrs Fielding was to deliver letters to the Queen and the princesses on her behalf and to acquaint them of her situation. She asks Hamilton [or Goldsworthy?] if she would do this for her and that she will write to them at her first opportunity.
Finch writes on the health of her son and of her worries of how she is to get back to England safely ‘now the seas are so infested’. Besides the difficulties of travelling through Spain and Portugal, the expense of a Land journey would be too great. She will never attempt travelling back in the packet and writes that she will have to find a neutral ship to return in.
The letter ends by Finch hoping to receive news of the Royal family and all her friends at Windsor.
Dated at Caldas.
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Language Code:
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eng
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Language:
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English
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Subject:
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Voyages and travels
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Category of Material:
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Archives
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Sub-Category:
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Correspondence
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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18th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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Spain
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Places Covered:
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Portugal
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Places Covered:
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England
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Places Covered:
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England: Windsor and Maidenhead: Windsor
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People Covered:
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Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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People Covered:
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Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
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Item Height:
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300 mm
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Item Width:
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185 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights Holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions may apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2019-05-01
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2019-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Mary Hamilton Papers
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