The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Mrs Catherine Walkinshaw to Mary Hamilton
Walkinshaw, Catherine
The Mary Hamilton Papers
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Catherine Walkinshaw to Mary Hamilton. The letter is concerned with the health of Prince Alfred, who Walkinshaw has read in the newspapers is dangerously ill.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>The newspaper cutting is dated October 1 and is concerned with William Beckford [William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844), writer and art collector, a distant relation of Hamilton's], and a ball he gave after coming of age.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Original reference No. 10.</p>