The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from William Napier, 7th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton

Letter from William Napier, 7th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/19/46)

Letter from William Napier, 7th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton. He writes of his time at Buxton and advises to Hamilton on her spirits, noting that if we were always to be happy then we would not know good from bad. He also writes on poetry and that a clergyman had told him of two books of poetry ‘by one Byrom of Manchester just come out’, copies of which he has just sent for [John Byrom, Miscellaneous Poems, by John Byrom, M.A. F.R.S. sometime Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Manchester: J. Harrop, 1773].

Dated at Buxton [Derbyshire].

Information about this document

Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
Classmark: HAM/1/19/46
Title: Letter from William Napier, 7th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
Author(s): Napier, William, 7th Lord
Origin Place: Buxton
Date of Creation: 8 June 1773
Date of Sending: 8 June 1773
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: unknown
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 sheets; 1268 words
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, William 7th Lord Napier.
Hand of writer of the number at the top left of p.1 and the amendment of a word on p.5 col.1, probably Mary Hamilton.
Hand of writer of the word at the top right of p.1, probably a member of the Anson family.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Transliterator: Wallis, Christine (completed 2020-09-01)
Last Revised: 2021-11-02

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/1/19/46
Title: Letter from William Napier, 7th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
Author(s): Napier, William, 7th Lord
Origin Place: Buxton
Date of Creation: 8 June 1773
Date of Sending: 8 June 1773
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: unknown
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 sheets; 1268 words
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, William 7th Lord Napier.
Hand of writer of the number at the top left of p.1 and the amendment of a word on p.5 col.1, probably Mary Hamilton.
Hand of writer of the word at the top right of p.1, probably a member of the Anson family.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Transliterator: Wallis, Christine (completed 2020-09-01)
Last Revised: 2021-11-02