Image Number	HAM_1_15_2_27.pdf
Reference Number	HAM/1/15/2/27
Link to Catalogue	<A href="https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma992976139180301631&context=L&vid=44MAN_INST:MU_NUI&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&tab=Everything&lang=en">Mary Hamilton Papers</a>
Series Title	Correspondence from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning
Parent Work Title	Letters from Mary Hamilton to Charlotte Margaret Gunning
Creator	Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
Creator Role	Author
Date Created	1783
Description	The first letter is dated 27 August 1783 in which Hamilton is concerned with her Gunning's health and with news of Sir William and Lady Wake. The second letter is incorrectly dated November 1789, and probably should be 1779. This is a partial letter and relates to the unwanted attentions of a suitor, (possible the young Prince of Wales who was 'in love' with Hamilton at this time or a Mr Bourdieou who proposed marriage to her). Hamilton writes that 'little fool B has offer[e]d that great soul of a woman 100 Guineas to procure a small lock of my Hair - my answer was, That provided he W[ou]ld cut off his hair he should have the combings of mine' which her maid will give him to make 'a little bob wig and to be worn without powder'. She notes that he wrote a letter from 'Babel' to enquire after her. She is anxious that he used her full name in the note and that 'from his manner of talking and writing about me - any person that did not know me might imagine I encouraged it'.,
Language Code	eng-GB
Subject	Great Britain--Social history
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	Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
Current Repository	The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image	The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work	Copyright restrictions may apply
Notes	Two letters have been pasted onto one sheet.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd)	2014-07-27
Image Creation Technique	Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights	<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png"></a>
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm)	2014-07
Metadata Language	eng-GB
Collection Code	Mary Hamilton Papers
