The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from an unknown author to Mary Hamilton

Letter from an unknown author to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/7/6/13)

Letter from an unknown author to Mary Hamilton, concerning two letters that Hamilton had passed to them, one written by Elizabeth Carter and one by Hannah More. The author found the letters amusing, especially the one by Carter. They are impressed by her 'superiority of [...] stile, it is so plain so simple and [...] so chaste'.

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Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
Classmark: HAM/1/7/6/13
Title: Letter from an unknown author to Mary Hamilton
Author(s): unknown
Origin Place: unknown
Date of Creation: 3 November 1782
Date of Sending: 3 November 1782
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: unknown
Date of Receipt: 5 November 1782
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 sheet; 164 words
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of unknown writer of the main text.
Hand of writer of the date at the top right of p.1, probably Mary Hamilton.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Transliterator: Ulph, Cassandra (completed 2020-10-28)
Last Revised: 2024-02-05

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/1/7/6/13
Title: Letter from an unknown author to Mary Hamilton
Author(s): unknown
Origin Place: unknown
Date of Creation: 3 November 1782
Date of Sending: 3 November 1782
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: unknown
Date of Receipt: 5 November 1782
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 sheet; 164 words
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of unknown writer of the main text.
Hand of writer of the date at the top right of p.1, probably Mary Hamilton.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Transliterator: Ulph, Cassandra (completed 2020-10-28)
Last Revised: 2024-02-05