Letter from Lady Cecilia Johnston (née West) to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/9/19)
Letter from Lady Cecilia Johnston to Mary Hamilton. She writes of a fall she suffered whilst walking with an umbrella. She notes that she fell down as if shot but as she is quite active she quickly jumped up again but she has sprained her wrist. Johnston continues her letter with news of friends and acquaintances'
Dated at Hampton Court.
Original reference No. 34.
Information about this document
- Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
- Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
- Classmark: HAM/1/9/19
- Title: Letter from Lady Cecilia Johnston (née West) to Mary Hamilton
- Language(s): English
- Author(s): Johnston (née West), Henrietta Cecilia, Lady
- Origin Place: East Molesey, near Kingston-upon-Thames
- Date of Creation: 29 November 1808
- Date of Sending: 29 November 1808
- Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
- Destination: Leighton Buzzard
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Condition: Not stated.
- Script:Hand of writer of the main text, Lady Cecilia Johnston.
- 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/1/9/19
- Title: Letter from Lady Cecilia Johnston (née West) to Mary Hamilton
- Language(s): English
- Author(s): Johnston (née West), Henrietta Cecilia, Lady
- Origin Place: East Molesey, near Kingston-upon-Thames
- Date of Creation: 29 November 1808
- Date of Sending: 29 November 1808
- Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
- Destination: Leighton Buzzard
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Condition: Not stated.
- Script:Hand of writer of the main text, Lady Cecilia Johnston.
- Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
- Acknowledgements:Cataloguer: Crawley, LisaCataloguer: Hodgson, John
- Last Revised: 2022-07-30
