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   "value": "Letter from William Napier, 7th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton"
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   "value": "<p>Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.<\/p>"
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   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Hand of writer of the main text, William 7th Lord Napier.<\/div><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Hand of writer of the number at the top left of p.1, probably Mary Hamilton.<\/div><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Hand of writer of the cross at the top right of p.1 and of marginal annotations on pp.3-5, probably a member of the Anson family.<\/div><\/div>"
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   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa<\/div><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Cataloguer: Hodgson, John<\/div><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'>Transliterator: Oudesluijs, Tino (completed 2021-01-20)<\/div><\/div>"
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   "value": "<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from William Napier, 7th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, thanking Hamilton for her poems and for the ring. \u2018The Ring was immediately ordered to dislodge my other ring & to take possession of my Left little finger where it is to remain\u2019. As to the book, he is sorry that she took so much trouble as it did not deserve such a fine binding.<\/p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Napier writes on the subject of marriage and notes that \u2018no Woman can be really happy without doing her duty & answering the intention of her coming in to the World & without marriage its not to be done\u2019. He advises that a woman should be cautious and should not enter into an engagement without the consent of her parents and friends. That she should acquaint \u2018them with every offer she may get & she will always have the satisfaction to think that she has acted right\u2019. She should still consult her own heart, for if this is not engaged the hopes for her happiness will be limited.<\/p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Napier also writes of his life as a soldier and that he is selling his commission in the Greys, as he is tired of being a \u2018stroller about the Country\u2019. He also regrets the \u2018good people\u2019 of country towns not talking to one \u2018for fear of our carrying off some of their Daughters\u2019. He does not want Hamilton to think that he has quit the army altogether. He will continue in his role as Deputy Adj. General for North Britain but he is unsure as to whether he will take part in active service again.<\/p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Edinburgh.<\/p>"
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