The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton

Hamilton, Frederick

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Rev. Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton. He reconciles himself to never being in a position to gain advancement in the Church. He is now of an age [almost 52] where he feels it would not be beneficial to attempt to influence 'Men in power', as he can offer little in return. He notes that if you were to look at the majority of men who had risen in his field in Ireland over the past few years, then it would seem that 'Birth and liberal sentiments were certain disqualifications' from advancement. He writes that Lady Stormont does not hold him in regard and that her efforts with Lord Carlisle came to nothing. He shall be no further trouble to Lady and Lord Stormont.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>The letter also talks of his affairs in Scotland and the appointment of a new agent, Mr James Balfour, who he will ensure is aware of Hamilton's affairs in Scotland.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Sackville Street [Dublin].</p>

Page: 1

Letter from Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/4/1/18)

Letter from Rev. Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton. He reconciles himself to never being in a position to gain advancement in the Church. He is now of an age [almost 52] where he feels it would not be beneficial to attempt to influence 'Men in power', as he can offer little in return. He notes that if you were to look at the majority of men who had risen in his field in Ireland over the past few years, then it would seem that 'Birth and liberal sentiments were certain disqualifications' from advancement. He writes that Lady Stormont does not hold him in regard and that her efforts with Lord Carlisle came to nothing. He shall be no further trouble to Lady and Lord Stormont.

The letter also talks of his affairs in Scotland and the appointment of a new agent, Mr James Balfour, who he will ensure is aware of Hamilton's affairs in Scotland.

Dated at Sackville Street [Dublin].

Information about this document

  • Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
  • Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
  • Classmark: HAM/1/4/1/18
  • Title: Letter from Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton
  • Language(s): English
  • Origin Place: Dublin
  • Date of Creation: 22 May 1781
  • Date of Sending: 22 May 1781
  • Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
  • Destination: unknown
  • Extent: 1 sheet; 476 words
  • Condition: Well preserved.
  • Script:
    Hand of writer of the main text, Frederick Hamilton.
    Hand of unknown writer of the date at the top right of p.1.
  • Project Information:

    Letters first transliterated by individual students as TXT files with partial XML mark-up, revised by a research assistant and completed as TEI/XML files. Project supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.

    Each letter in this set was transliterated by two final-year undergraduate students in the module LELA30171 Modern English Language 1500–present, Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK), November 2013.

  • Acknowledgements:
    Transliterator: Colleoni, Marta (submitted 2013-12)
    Transliterator: Ou, Xiaoxin (submitted 2013-12)
    TXT and XML encoder: Bailey, George
    Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
    Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
  • Last Revised: 2021-11-02

First edited in the project 'Image to Text' (David Denison & Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, 2013-2019), now incorporated 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).


Want to know more?

Under the 'More' menu you can find , any transcription and translation we have of the text and find out about downloading or sharing this image.

Zooming image © John Rylands Research Institute and Library, all rights reserved.

No Contents List Available

    Information about this document

    • Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
    • Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
    • Classmark: HAM/1/4/1/18
    • Title: Letter from Frederick Hamilton to Mary Hamilton
    • Language(s): English
    • Origin Place: Dublin
    • Date of Creation: 22 May 1781
    • Date of Sending: 22 May 1781
    • Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
    • Destination: unknown
    • Extent: 1 sheet; 476 words
    • Condition: Well preserved.
    • Script:
      Hand of writer of the main text, Frederick Hamilton.
      Hand of unknown writer of the date at the top right of p.1.
    • Project Information:

      Letters first transliterated by individual students as TXT files with partial XML mark-up, revised by a research assistant and completed as TEI/XML files. Project supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.

      Each letter in this set was transliterated by two final-year undergraduate students in the module LELA30171 Modern English Language 1500–present, Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK), November 2013.

    • Acknowledgements:
      Transliterator: Colleoni, Marta (submitted 2013-12)
      Transliterator: Ou, Xiaoxin (submitted 2013-12)
      TXT and XML encoder: Bailey, George
      Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
      Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
    • Last Revised: 2021-11-02

Share

If you want to share this page with others you can send them a link to this individual page:
https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/AR-HAM-00001-00004-00001-00018/1
Alternatively please share this page on social media