The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Lady Frances Harpur (née Greville) to Mary Hamilton

Harpur (née Greville), Frances Elizabeth

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Lady Frances Harpur to Mary Hamilton. She says that she has often heard that no news is good news and she hopes that this is the case with Hamilton's health, as she has not heard from her for some time. She is anxious to hear from her and asks her to write a few lines. She writes of her family. The Warwick's are to go to Weymouth but Harpur herself will not undertake an excursion this summer.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Harpur also mentions the news of Napoleon Bonaparte being held prisoner. The accounts she has had of him are 'strange'. Specifically that he believes he would have been allowed to 'reside in England'. Harpur notes that many people believe that he will escape and she feels that he should not have as many friends and attendants around him as there are.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Lavington House, [Sussex].</p>

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