The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Charlotte Margaret Gunning to Mary Hamilton

Digby (née Gunning), Charlotte Margaret

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Charlotte Gunning to Mary Hamilton. She writes of how busy she is and that she does not get time to open a book. She reports on Mrs Delany's health and on her family. Gunning attended a ball at Lady Gideon's, 'the only gay thing I have been guilty of since I last wrote to you'. She 'danced a good deal, after the crowd went away'. The ball did her good and she looks forward to her next. She continues on her social commitments and writes that there is nothing better than music, 'no, not even Mrs Siddons'.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at St James's [London].</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Original reference No. 11.</p>

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