The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Louisa Cheveley to Mary Hamilton

Cheveley (née Nevin), Louisa Laetitia

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Louisa Cheveley to Mary Hamilton, relating to the grief of the King and Queen on the death of Prince Octavius. Cheveley notes that the Prince was well and in good spirits two days previous to his death. It seems to her like a 'dream'. She feels it right to tell Hamilton that the Prince's death had nothing to do with smallpox and he 'was in the finest state imaginable and continued to the hour of his Death'. Cheveley ends her letter with the hope that Hamilton never experiences what she has suffered and indeed continues to suffer.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Kew.</p>

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Letter from Louisa Cheveley to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/7/2/19)

Letter from Louisa Cheveley to Mary Hamilton, relating to the grief of the King and Queen on the death of Prince Octavius. Cheveley notes that the Prince was well and in good spirits two days previous to his death. It seems to her like a 'dream'. She feels it right to tell Hamilton that the Prince's death had nothing to do with smallpox and he 'was in the finest state imaginable and continued to the hour of his Death'. Cheveley ends her letter with the hope that Hamilton never experiences what she has suffered and indeed continues to suffer.

Dated at Kew.

Information about this document

  • Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
  • Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
  • Classmark: HAM/1/7/2/19
  • Title: Letter from Louisa Cheveley to Mary Hamilton
  • Origin Place: Kew
  • Date of Creation: 5 May 1783
  • Date of Sending: 5 May 1783
  • Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
  • Destination: to be determined
  • Language(s): English
  • Extent: 1 sheet
  • Condition: Not stated.
  • Script:
    Hand of writer of the main text, Louisa Cheveley.
  • Project Information:

    Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.

  • Acknowledgements:
    Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
    Cataloguer: 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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    Information about this document

    • Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
    • Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
    • Classmark: HAM/1/7/2/19
    • Title: Letter from Louisa Cheveley to Mary Hamilton
    • Origin Place: Kew
    • Date of Creation: 5 May 1783
    • Date of Sending: 5 May 1783
    • Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
    • Destination: to be determined
    • Language(s): English
    • Extent: 1 sheet
    • Condition: Not stated.
    • Script:
      Hand of writer of the main text, Louisa Cheveley.
    • Project Information:

      Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.

    • Acknowledgements:
      Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
      Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
    • Last Revised: 2022-07-30

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