Direction from Princess Augusta Sophia to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/1/4/30)
Direction from Princess Augusta Sophia to Mary Hamilton. This is written on the back of a part of a letter written in another hand, and it states that it has been written by Princess Augusta in her own blood to Hamilton as a 'mark of affection'.
Found inside a modern envelope in the Princess Royal's file (HAM/1/1/5).
Information about this document
- Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
- Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
- Classmark: HAM/1/1/4/30
- Title: Direction from Princess Augusta Sophia to Mary Hamilton
- Language(s): English
- Author(s): Augusta Sophia, Princess
- Origin Place: Windsor
- Date of Creation: 14 August 1781
- Date of Sending: 14 August 1781
- Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
- Destination: to be determined
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Condition: Placed in a Melinex sleeve.
- Script:Hand of writer of the main text, Princess Augusta Sophia.Hand of unidentified writer of the explanatory note at the top of the page.
- Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
- Acknowledgements:Cataloguer: Crawley, LisaCataloguer: Hodgson, John
- Last Revised: 2023-07-31
First edited in the project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers' (Hannah Barker, Sophie Coulombeau, David Denison, Tino Oudesluijs, Cassandra Ulph, Christine Wallis & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2019-2023).
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- Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
- Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
- Classmark: HAM/1/1/4/30
- Title: Direction from Princess Augusta Sophia to Mary Hamilton
- Language(s): English
- Author(s): Augusta Sophia, Princess
- Origin Place: Windsor
- Date of Creation: 14 August 1781
- Date of Sending: 14 August 1781
- Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
- Destination: to be determined
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Condition: Placed in a Melinex sleeve.
- Script:Hand of writer of the main text, Princess Augusta Sophia.Hand of unidentified writer of the explanatory note at the top of the page.
- Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
- Acknowledgements:Cataloguer: Crawley, LisaCataloguer: Hodgson, John
- Last Revised: 2023-07-31
