Letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, now Queen of Württemberg, to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/1/5/26)
Letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, now Queen Charlotte of Württemberg, to Mary Hamilton. She addresses Hamilton as 'My dear Madam' and thanks her for her letter of July 8th. She notes that 'it gave me pleasure to see your handwriting again'. Charlotte writes that she has always held Hamilton with regard and has heard often about her via her friend Lady Cremorne who continues in 'tolerable health'. Charlotte is sorry to hear of the death of Hamilton's friend Lady Wake (see HAM/1/8) who she remembers Hamilton speaking of often and notes that she had the 'comfort of seeing both her Daughters settled before her death'. She continues that she understands that her 'daughter in law did not quite suit her'.
Charlotte writes that she has heard several people speak favourably of Hamilton's daughter, Lady Anson's [née Dickenson, Louisa, (1787-1837) married Sir William Anson in 1815] 'modesty and amiable character' and hopes that she will continue to deserve the affection of Hamilton.
Dated at Ludwigsburg.
Information about this document
- Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
- Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
- Classmark: HAM/1/1/5/26
- Title: Letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, now Queen of Württemberg, to Mary Hamilton
- Author(s): Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal
- Origin Place: Ludwigsburg
- Date of Creation: 13 September 1815
- Date of Sending: 13 September 1815
- Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
- Destination: London
- Language(s): English
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Condition: Not stated.
- Script:Hand of writer of the main text, Charlotte, Princess Royal.
- Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
- Acknowledgements:Cataloguer: Crawley, LisaCataloguer: Hodgson, John
- Last Revised: 2022-07-30
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/1/1/5/26
- Title: Letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, now Queen of Württemberg, to Mary Hamilton
- Author(s): Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal
- Origin Place: Ludwigsburg
- Date of Creation: 13 September 1815
- Date of Sending: 13 September 1815
- Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
- Destination: London
- Language(s): English
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Condition: Not stated.
- Script:Hand of writer of the main text, Charlotte, Princess Royal.
- Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
- Acknowledgements:Cataloguer: Crawley, LisaCataloguer: Hodgson, John
- Last Revised: 2022-07-30
