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Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "19 November 1781" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Bordeaux" }, { "label": "Next", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00012-00036" }, { "label": "Prev", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00012-00034" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Hand of writer of the main text of the first letter, Charlotte Finch.<\/div>
Hand of writer of the main text of the second letter, Harriet Finch.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Date of Receipt", "value": "not before 1 December 1781" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "English" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "John Rylands Research Institute and Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 sheet; 703 words" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "HAM/1/12/35" }, { "label": "Destination", "value": "London" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "" }, { "label": "Acknowledgements", "value": "
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa<\/div>
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John<\/div>
Transliterator: Oudesluijs, Tino (completed 2020-06-05)<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

The sheet contains two letters, one from Charlotte Finch and the second from her daughter, Harriet [Henrietta Finch (1751-1818)], both addressed to Mary Hamilton.<\/p>

Charlotte Finch apologises for the short length of her letter but she is trying to catch the post. Finch values Hamilton\u2019s kindness and friendship. She is pleased with the Prince of Wales's remembrance of them all and with his writing it in his own hand in Hamilton\u2019s letter. She believes \u2018had not the distance between the Lines allow[e]d of dividing the Paper, Harriet & I s[houl]d have been at variance for the rest of our Lives about the possession of it\u2019. She sends her own and her son\u2019s duty to the Prince via Hamilton and asks to let him know how happy he had made them. She notes that Harriet will speak for herself at the back of the letter. Finch informs Hamilton that she had the good fortune to meet Mr and Mrs Graham in Madrid.<\/p>

In the second letter, Harriet Finch also asks Hamilton to tell the Prince of Wales how honoured she was by his remembrance. She writes of missing England but praises the country and people of Portugal. Her comments on the many friends awaiting her in England include an amused reference to the Egertons.<\/p>

Dated at Bordeaux.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Mary Hamilton Papers" }, { "label": "Recipient(s)", "value": "Hamilton, Mary" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Not stated." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Finch (née Fermor), Charlotte, Lady; Finch, Harriet" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by The University of Manchester.

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The sheet contains two letters, one from Charlotte Finch and the second from her daughter, Harriet [Henrietta Finch (1751-1818)], both addressed to Mary Hamilton.<\/p>

Charlotte Finch apologises for the short length of her letter but she is trying to catch the post. Finch values Hamilton\u2019s kindness and friendship. She is pleased with the Prince of Wales's remembrance of them all and with his writing it in his own hand in Hamilton\u2019s letter. She believes \u2018had not the distance between the Lines allow[e]d of dividing the Paper, Harriet & I s[houl]d have been at variance for the rest of our Lives about the possession of it\u2019. She sends her own and her son\u2019s duty to the Prince via Hamilton and asks to let him know how happy he had made them. She notes that Harriet will speak for herself at the back of the letter. Finch informs Hamilton that she had the good fortune to meet Mr and Mrs Graham in Madrid.<\/p>

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