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Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "from 19 to 21 November 1781" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Worcester" }, { "label": "Next", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00020-00056" }, { "label": "Prev", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00020-00054" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Hand of writer of the main text, Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "English" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "John Rylands Research Institute and Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 sheet" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "HAM/1/20/55" }, { "label": "Destination", "value": "to be determined" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "" }, { "label": "Acknowledgements", "value": "
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa<\/div>
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Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, relating to Napier's regiment and the social life in Worcester. Napier informs Hamilton that he will not go to Bath this Winter as planned as the friend he was to meet there will be in London. Unless he wins the lottery (on which he has \u2018risked two Guineas & a half\u2019) he does not expect to come to town but will remain at Quarters. Napier writes of the society in the military line as being good, if he could prevail upon himself \u2018to relish Shilling Whist\u2019 with the people of the Town. He does try to put up with \u2018all their whims & allow them to pinch my packet with a tolerable good grace\u2019.<\/p>

Napier is grateful to Hamilton for mentioning him to the King and Queen but does not expect a promotion from it, as the King is aware that he wishes to go on foreign service and he knows that his regiment is in the West Indies. As Napier is the youngest Captain, he is obliged to stay in England with an additional Company. Napier notes that the officers of the 35th Regiment are not \u2018the most desirable of companions\u2019. He thought so poorly of them when in New York that he never made an acquaintance of any of them, as he did not have the foresight then to see that he would one day be in it.<\/p>

The letter continues dated 21 November. He was interrupted in finishing his letter to her the previous night and he now has not the time to continue on the same subject, but instead writes of the assemblies that are held in Worcester. There are two, one called the Clogg & Patten and the other the Rump & Range. At one time harmony between the gentry and the tradesmen meant that both parties happily danced together but he notes \u2018providence ordained\u2019 that the tradesmen's daughters were more beautiful than the gentry's and jealousy turned into abuse. The tradesmen declared that they would have an assembly of their own and \u2018shut out all the saucy Misses\u2019. The result of this is that the \u2018military men preferring Beauty & Good humour to Pride and affectation, all flocked to the City Assembly so that the County Ball Room appeared almost deserted\u2019. He carries on to document the dispute but notes that military men now attend both assemblies.<\/p>

Dated at Worcester.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Mary Hamilton Papers" }, { "label": "Recipient(s)", "value": "Hamilton, Mary" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Not stated." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Napier, Francis Scott, 8th Lord" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by The University of Manchester.

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Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, relating to Napier's regiment and the social life in Worcester. Napier informs Hamilton that he will not go to Bath this Winter as planned as the friend he was to meet there will be in London. Unless he wins the lottery (on which he has \u2018risked two Guineas & a half\u2019) he does not expect to come to town but will remain at Quarters. Napier writes of the society in the military line as being good, if he could prevail upon himself \u2018to relish Shilling Whist\u2019 with the people of the Town. He does try to put up with \u2018all their whims & allow them to pinch my packet with a tolerable good grace\u2019.<\/p>

Napier is grateful to Hamilton for mentioning him to the King and Queen but does not expect a promotion from it, as the King is aware that he wishes to go on foreign service and he knows that his regiment is in the West Indies. As Napier is the youngest Captain, he is obliged to stay in England with an additional Company. Napier notes that the officers of the 35th Regiment are not \u2018the most desirable of companions\u2019. He thought so poorly of them when in New York that he never made an acquaintance of any of them, as he did not have the foresight then to see that he would one day be in it.<\/p>

The letter continues dated 21 November. He was interrupted in finishing his letter to her the previous night and he now has not the time to continue on the same subject, but instead writes of the assemblies that are held in Worcester. There are two, one called the Clogg & Patten and the other the Rump & Range. At one time harmony between the gentry and the tradesmen meant that both parties happily danced together but he notes \u2018providence ordained\u2019 that the tradesmen's daughters were more beautiful than the gentry's and jealousy turned into abuse. The tradesmen declared that they would have an assembly of their own and \u2018shut out all the saucy Misses\u2019. The result of this is that the \u2018military men preferring Beauty & Good humour to Pride and affectation, all flocked to the City Assembly so that the County Ball Room appeared almost deserted\u2019. He carries on to document the dispute but notes that military men now attend both assemblies.<\/p>

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