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Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "7 September 1787" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Greencroft" }, { "label": "Next", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00020-00103" }, { "label": "Prev", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00020-00101" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Hand of writer of the main text, Francis Napier.<\/div>
Hand of writer of the annotation at the top of p.1, probably Mary Hamilton.<\/div>
Hand of writer of the address and provider of the free frank, Sir Thomas Clavering.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "English" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "John Rylands Research Institute and Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 sheet; 773 words" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "HAM/1/20/102" }, { "label": "Destination", "value": "Taxal, near Chapel-en-le-Frith" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "" }, { "label": "Acknowledgements", "value": "
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa<\/div>
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John<\/div>
Transliterator: Wallis, Christine (completed 2022-01-17)<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, discussing his family. Napier titles the mock-serious opening section \u2018Baby Gazette Extraordinary\u2019, reports that his two-year-old girl can now walk as well as her mother, repeats anything that anyone says and is able to hold a conversation. The young \u2018master\u2019 of the house is described as a \u2018prodigy\u2019. He is only ten months old, already has six teeth and has walked alone. Lady Napier is leaving for Edinburgh to prepare for her confinement back at Axwell Park. Hamilton is to be one of three sponsors.<\/p>

Napier writes that it would please him if Hamilton and her family could visit Edinburgh and notes that he would enjoy seeing the \u2018two mothers, viewing each others productions\u2019. The letter is also concerned with financial business that Napier has and with a book that John Dickenson has enquired about. Dickenson wondered if Napier's brother-in-law, Andrew Hunter, was the author of a book [title not included in the letter]. Napier is happy that his sister Harriet is no longer with the Hunters; living there prevented her meeting people, as Mrs [Mainie-Schaw] Hunter, in precarious health, rarely goes out.<\/p>

Dated at Greencroft.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Mary Hamilton Papers" }, { "label": "Recipient(s)", "value": "Hamilton, Mary" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "The sheet is torn and had been placed in a Melinex sleeve." }, { "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, discussing his family. Napier titles the mock-serious opening section \u2018Baby Gazette Extraordinary\u2019, reports that his two-year-old girl can now walk as well as her mother, repeats anything that anyone says and is able to hold a conversation. The young \u2018master\u2019 of the house is described as a \u2018prodigy\u2019. He is only ten months old, already has six teeth and has walked alone. Lady Napier is leaving for Edinburgh to prepare for her confinement back at Axwell Park. Hamilton is to be one of three sponsors.<\/p>

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