The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton

Napier, Francis Scott, 8th Lord

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, relating to friends and acquaintances. Napier writes that he leaves Edinburgh soon but that Hamilton 'should suspend [...] [her] joy' as he does not intend to wait on her until her next birthday. He writes of Prince Frederick's military promotion and of his hopes that he and the Prince of Wales have 'sensible men about them' adding that young men 'will ruin them both'. Napier informs Hamilton that John Hope [see <a target='_blank' class='externalLink uom-purple' href='https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/manchesteruniversity/data/gb133-ham/ham/1/6/8'>HAM/1/6/8</a>] is now at his father's and that he asked very much about her and has 'threatened' to write to her.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Edinburgh.</p>

Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/20/40)

Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, relating to friends and acquaintances. Napier writes that he leaves Edinburgh soon but that Hamilton 'should suspend [...] [her] joy' as he does not intend to wait on her until her next birthday. He writes of Prince Frederick's military promotion and of his hopes that he and the Prince of Wales have 'sensible men about them' adding that young men 'will ruin them both'. Napier informs Hamilton that John Hope [see HAM/1/6/8] is now at his father's and that he asked very much about her and has 'threatened' to write to her.

Dated at Edinburgh.

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Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
Classmark: HAM/1/20/40
Title: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
Language(s): English
Author(s): Napier, Francis Scott, 8th Lord
Origin Place: Edinburgh
Date of Creation: 13 November 1780
Date of Sending: 13 November 1780
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: unknown
Extent: 1 sheet; 339 words
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, Francis Napier.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Transliterator: Wallis, Christine (completed 2021-09-17)
Last Revised: 2021-12-03

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/1/20/40
Title: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
Language(s): English
Author(s): Napier, Francis Scott, 8th Lord
Origin Place: Edinburgh
Date of Creation: 13 November 1780
Date of Sending: 13 November 1780
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: unknown
Extent: 1 sheet; 339 words
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, Francis Napier.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Transliterator: Wallis, Christine (completed 2021-09-17)
Last Revised: 2021-12-03