The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Princess Augusta Sophia to Mary Hamilton
Augusta Sophia, Princess
The Mary Hamilton Papers
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Princess Augusta Sophia to Mary Hamilton. She apologises for not writing sooner but notes that she has had no more than a half hour to herself each day. She writes that she hopes that Hamilton was 'amused' at Lady Spencer's House [Lady Margaret Georgiana Spencer, née Poyntz (1737-1814)] the previous night and noted that it has been reported that 'Lady Harriet Spencer was to be married to Lord Westmorland' [Lady Harriet Spencer (1761-1821) married Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, later 3rd Earl of Beesborough in 1780].</p>