COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Hamilton Papers
Record
Image Number:
HAM_1_1_3_6.pdf
Reference Number:
HAM/1/1/3/6
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Correspondence from the Royal Family
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Princess Elizabeth to Mary Hamilton
Creator:
Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1770-1841
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1779-09-20
Description:
Princess Elizabeth writes Hamilton her account of what she has been doing since she has been away from her. She reports that for the first night she sat with the Queen and worked whilst on the second they played commers [possibly the card game 'commerce']. She continues to talk of acquaintances, Lady Holderness [Possibly Mary Doublet (1721-1801), Mary Holdernesse, a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte] whom she likes and Lady Wamouth(sic) [possibly Lady Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck, Viscountess Weymouth, who was one of Queen Charlotte's Ladies of the Bedchamber at this date] who she does not. Elizabeth asks Hamilton to tell Ernest [Prince Ernest (1771-1851), 5th son of George III, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover] that she longs to see him and that she will write to him.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain--Court and courtiers
Subject:
Letters
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
People Covered:
Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1770-1840
People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
People Covered:
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
People Covered:
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
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):
2015-07-13
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Metadata Schema:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers
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