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

Napier, William, 7th Lord

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from William Napier, 7th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, thanking Hamilton and her mother for their concern. He writes of an earlier letter that Hamilton had sent to him with a description of her visit to Bath and cautions Hamilton to look after her health better and not to tire herself. He scolds her noting that she is surprised that her ‘constitution of body is not as strong as that of [...] [her] mind’ and that she is too enthusiastic in her pursuits at what she likes and that she suffers and becomes ill afterwards.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Napier ends his letter with a message of good wishes from Hamilton’s Uncle Cathcart and his family.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Shaw Park.</p>

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