Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "15 March 1795" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Liverpool" }, { "label": "Next", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00020-00132" }, { "label": "Prev", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00020-00130" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "
Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, relating to his regiment, the situation in Ireland and the possibility of the French invading the country.<\/p>
Napier writes from Liverpool and teases Hamilton on the Lancashire Witches, suggesting she has the gift of second sight otherwise how could she have known that he was to arrive in Liverpool when he did. He reports that the day after he returned from taking his son to school it began to snow so heavily that he and his wife were virtually prisoners at Wilton Lodge [Roxburghshire]. Though luckily he notes \u2018we are not yet so fashionable, as to be tired of one another, our solitude consequently proved no punishment\u2019. He had to leave for his regiment on the March and he has no idea how long he will be in Liverpool. He writes that he dreads staying in a camp as he does not like to sleep in a tent and he knows camp life \u2018will ruin my subalterns, who have nothing but their pay to live on\u2019. He does not believe that he will be able to return home earlier than October.<\/p>
Napier writes on Hamilton asking him about the possibility of invasions. He believes that the French will attempt something though his alarm at the \u2018consequences of such proceedings is not very great\u2019. To him the situation in Ireland is of more concern and somebody should pay for it, be it the late Chief Governor or the previous cabinet. He writes that his sentiments \u2018though very favourable to the Roman Catholics, are perfectly hostile to what was called their emancipation & restoration to the bosom of their Country. They ought to be on the same footing with those of their Religion, in this Country\u2019. He detests persecution over modes of worship but \u2018a sufficient degree of cordiality does not exists between the Iris, Protestants & Catholics\u2019 and he does not believe that the later \u2018manoeuvres will not lead to an increase of it\u2019.<\/p>
Dated at Liverpool.<\/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 his regiment, the situation in Ireland and the possibility of the French invading the country.<\/p>
Napier writes from Liverpool and teases Hamilton on the Lancashire Witches, suggesting she has the gift of second sight otherwise how could she have known that he was to arrive in Liverpool when he did. He reports that the day after he returned from taking his son to school it began to snow so heavily that he and his wife were virtually prisoners at Wilton Lodge [Roxburghshire]. Though luckily he notes \u2018we are not yet so fashionable, as to be tired of one another, our solitude consequently proved no punishment\u2019. He had to leave for his regiment on the March and he has no idea how long he will be in Liverpool. He writes that he dreads staying in a camp as he does not like to sleep in a tent and he knows camp life \u2018will ruin my subalterns, who have nothing but their pay to live on\u2019. He does not believe that he will be able to return home earlier than October.<\/p>
Napier writes on Hamilton asking him about the possibility of invasions. He believes that the French will attempt something though his alarm at the \u2018consequences of such proceedings is not very great\u2019. To him the situation in Ireland is of more concern and somebody should pay for it, be it the late Chief Governor or the previous cabinet. He writes that his sentiments \u2018though very favourable to the Roman Catholics, are perfectly hostile to what was called their emancipation & restoration to the bosom of their Country. They ought to be on the same footing with those of their Religion, in this Country\u2019. He detests persecution over modes of worship but \u2018a sufficient degree of cordiality does not exists between the Iris, Protestants & Catholics\u2019 and he does not believe that the later \u2018manoeuvres will not lead to an increase of it\u2019.<\/p>
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