Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to John Dickenson (HAM/1/18/149)
Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to John Dickenson. She asks him to thank Hamilton for her present and to tell her that she must not feel disappointed that she is unable to nurse Louisa herself. She advises that if a mother would 'not make a good nurse it is as much a duty not to nurse her child as it would be' to nurse if able to do so.
Dated at Portland Place.
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- Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
- Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
- Classmark: HAM/1/18/149
- Title: Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to John Dickenson
- Language(s): English
- Author(s): Murray (née Cathcart), Louisa
- Origin Place: London
- Date of Creation: 30 January 1787
- Date of Sending: 30 January 1787
- Recipient(s): Dickenson, John
- 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, 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/1/18/149
- Title: Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to John Dickenson
- Language(s): English
- Author(s): Murray (née Cathcart), Louisa
- Origin Place: London
- Date of Creation: 30 January 1787
- Date of Sending: 30 January 1787
- Recipient(s): Dickenson, John
- 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, LisaCataloguer: Hodgson, John
- Last Revised: 2022-07-30
