The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Louisa Murray, Lady Stormont, to John Dickenson
Murray (née Cathcart), Louisa
The Mary Hamilton Papers
<p style='text-align: justify;'>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.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Portland Place.</p>