The Mary Hamilton Papers : Journal-letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, to Mary Hamilton

Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Journal-letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, to Mary Hamilton. She hopes that Hamilton finds Eastbourne enchanting and asserts that she has been (mostly) behaving well. Charlotte writes that she has had a great deal of amusement since Hamilton's departure, including going to town for tea, watching a firework being set off, playing at cards, visiting General Carpenter's Regiment in London with her mother, and she also saw the Duke of Gloucester 'with whom I am quite delighted'.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>She reports in passing the news of the taking of Charleston in South Carolina. [The siege of Charleston was one of the major battles near the end of the American War of Independence. The city surrendered to the British in May 1780].</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Charlotte ends her letter thanking Hamilton for her gift 'which I have at this time round my neck'.</p>

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