The Mary Hamilton Papers : Incomplete letter from Mary Glover to Mary Hamilton

Glover, Mary

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Incomplete letter from Mary Glover to Mary Hamilton, wishing her a happy birthday. Glover also writes with news of the proposed publication of her father's works. Dr Warton had expressed surprise that Lord Palmerston had heard that he was consulted over the publication of the manuscripts, and he seemed 'hurt' that this was known. Before he left he promised to go to the bookseller, Mr Cadell, to talk to him about the works. Glover later received a letter from Anna Maria [Clarke], who thought that Dr Warton was displeased with her and did not want to write a biography of her father; that 'as his brother was poet Laureat[e] & he had sons in the church that it might be of disadvantage to him & his family, as the King must have seen the paragraphs in the papers' shortly after her father's death. On Clarke's suggestion, they wrote a letter releasing Warton from his promise. She continues that she is now anxious, as she has not heard back from him.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Original reference No. 14.</p>