COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Hamilton Papers
Record
Image Number:
HAM_1_12_39.pdf
Reference Number:
HAM/1/12/39
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Correspondence from Lady Charlotte Finch and Harriet Finch
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton
Creator:
Finch, Charlotte, Lady, 1725-1813
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1782-05-30
Description:
Letter from Charlotte Finch to Mary Hamilton. She writes that she can provide a good account of Prince Alfred and that the sea-bathing is benefiting him. He asks Hamilton to communicate this to the King and Queen. She reports that the Prince is sleeping better and that his appetite has improved. His skin and his eye-lids that had been affected seem to be getting better.
Finch writes of her happiness at seeing her son when he landed. He has now rushed to London to prepare for the Royal birthday which she supposes Hamilton and all at Court are very busy preparing. Windsor will be opened again for the firing of the guns ‘which shakes the Castle’. She has had the pleasure of seeing Mrs Carter whom she expects has her usual headache although she looked very well and was cheerful. Finch notes that the weather is so windy and cold that it makes walking on the sands very difficult and she has been spending most of the time in the fine side room which Hamilton may remember is a small room with a view of the sea. She has been reading Antonis de Solis in Spanish and Mrs Carter has provided her with a dictionary to aid her. Her time is spent reading, with her children studies and writing letters. She usually retires about 10 o’clock which allows her to rise early. Finch ends her letter by hoping that the ‘influenza’ that is said to be prevalent does not affect the Queen’s House.
Dated at Deal Castle, [Kent].
Finch writes of her happiness at seeing her son when he landed. He has now rushed to London to prepare for the Royal birthday which she supposes Hamilton and all at Court are very busy preparing. Windsor will be opened again for the firing of the guns ‘which shakes the Castle’. She has had the pleasure of seeing Mrs Carter whom she expects has her usual headache although she looked very well and was cheerful. Finch notes that the weather is so windy and cold that it makes walking on the sands very difficult and she has been spending most of the time in the fine side room which Hamilton may remember is a small room with a view of the sea. She has been reading Antonis de Solis in Spanish and Mrs Carter has provided her with a dictionary to aid her. Her time is spent reading, with her children studies and writing letters. She usually retires about 10 o’clock which allows her to rise early. Finch ends her letter by hoping that the ‘influenza’ that is said to be prevalent does not affect the Queen’s House.
Dated at Deal Castle, [Kent].
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
Letters
Subject:
Great Britain--Court and courtiers
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Kent: Deal
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Kent: Deal
Places Covered:
England: Windsor and Maidenhead: Windsor
People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
People Covered:
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
People Covered:
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
People Covered:
Alfred, Prince, son of George III, King of Great Britain, 1780-1782
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