The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to Mary Hamilton

Murray (née Cathcart), Louisa

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to Mary Hamilton. The letter is concerned with general news, including a regimental parade that Stormont attended. Stormont writes on her daughter's health and of an upcoming visit by her sister and notes that she has not been at Court since the weather has been so hot as she did not feel 'equal to it'. She also writes of a review of Colonel Harcourt's Regiment that she attended. She saw the King and the princes there and that they enquired after Hamilton. She has no news to report on the Prince of Wales birthday excepting what is in the papers. Stormont ends her letter informing Hamilton that Lord Stormont has read the poems that Hamilton had recommended and that he liked them and that they hope that she will 'bring us something to add to our collection'.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Wandsworth Hill.</p>

Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/18/18)

Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to Mary Hamilton. The letter is concerned with general news, including a regimental parade that Stormont attended. Stormont writes on her daughter's health and of an upcoming visit by her sister and notes that she has not been at Court since the weather has been so hot as she did not feel 'equal to it'. She also writes of a review of Colonel Harcourt's Regiment that she attended. She saw the King and the princes there and that they enquired after Hamilton. She has no news to report on the Prince of Wales birthday excepting what is in the papers. Stormont ends her letter informing Hamilton that Lord Stormont has read the poems that Hamilton had recommended and that he liked them and that they hope that she will 'bring us something to add to our collection'.

Dated at Wandsworth Hill.

Information about this document

Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
Classmark: HAM/1/18/18
Title: Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to Mary Hamilton
Language(s): English
Author(s): Murray (née Cathcart), Louisa
Origin Place: Wandsworth
Date of Creation: 15 August 1780
Date of Sending: 15 August 1780
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: to be determined
Extent: 1 sheet
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: 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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Information about this document

Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
Classmark: HAM/1/18/18
Title: Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to Mary Hamilton
Language(s): English
Author(s): Murray (née Cathcart), Louisa
Origin Place: Wandsworth
Date of Creation: 15 August 1780
Date of Sending: 15 August 1780
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: to be determined
Extent: 1 sheet
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Last Revised: 2022-07-30