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. He writes of the death of Miss Cathcart and wonders to whom she has left her £3000. Referring to his wife's uncle leaving her nothing (see HAM/1/20/127), he writes that 'Sir Thomas Clavering [...] played me a slippery trick before he left the World'. The letter continues on the subject of Clavering's will.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Wilton Lodge, [Roxburghshire].</p>