The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from Mary Sharpe (later Beauvoir) to Mary Hamilton

Beauvoir (née Sharpe, later Douglas), Mary

The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter from Mary Sharpe to Mary Hamilton. Sharpe writes inviting Hamilton to a party which will include Mrs [Elizabeth] Carter and Mrs Chapone [Hester Chapone, née Mulso (1727-1801), writer]. She also suggests a book for Hamilton to read on natural history by Da Costa on the subject of 'Shells' [Possibly Emanuel Mendas Da Costa's Elements of conchology: or, an introduction to the Knowledge of Shells.].</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dated at Stanhope Street, [London].</p>

Letter from Mary Sharpe (later Beauvoir) to Mary Hamilton (HAM/1/22/8)

Letter from Mary Sharpe to Mary Hamilton. Sharpe writes inviting Hamilton to a party which will include Mrs [Elizabeth] Carter and Mrs Chapone [Hester Chapone, née Mulso (1727-1801), writer]. She also suggests a book for Hamilton to read on natural history by Da Costa on the subject of 'Shells' [Possibly Emanuel Mendas Da Costa's Elements of conchology: or, an introduction to the Knowledge of Shells.].

Dated at Stanhope Street, [London].

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Physical Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Collection: Mary Hamilton Papers
Classmark: HAM/1/22/8
Title: Letter from Mary Sharpe (later Beauvoir) to Mary Hamilton
Language(s): English
Author(s): Beauvoir (née Sharpe, later Douglas), Mary
Origin Place: London
Date of Creation: 24 April 1779
Date of Sending: 24 April 1779
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: to be determined
Extent: 1 sheet
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, Mary Sharpe.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Last Revised: 2023-08-01

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/1/22/8
Title: Letter from Mary Sharpe (later Beauvoir) to Mary Hamilton
Language(s): English
Author(s): Beauvoir (née Sharpe, later Douglas), Mary
Origin Place: London
Date of Creation: 24 April 1779
Date of Sending: 24 April 1779
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: to be determined
Extent: 1 sheet
Condition: Not stated.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, Mary Sharpe.
Project Information:
Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Acknowledgements:
Cataloguer: Crawley, Lisa
Cataloguer: Hodgson, John
Last Revised: 2023-08-01