The Mary Hamilton Papers : Story from Princess Augusta Sophia

Augusta Sophia, Princess

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Story by Princess Augusta Sophia. The sheet is entitled <i><i>Story</i></i> and is about a couple who marry and wish for children. A friend of the husband visits him one day and notes that he has a secret and that was that his wife had told him that she does not like children nor being with a husband 'who plagued her all day long'. When questioned about this, the friend said 'Pardon me [...] Your wife did not say so, I only said it to see what you would say'.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Original reference number 7 (see <a target='_blank' class='externalLink uom-purple' href='https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/manchesteruniversity/data/gb133-ham/ham/1/1'>HAM/1/1</a>).</p>

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