The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letter from George, Prince of Wales, to Mary Hamilton

Letter from George, Prince of Wales, to Mary Hamilton (GEO/ADD/3/82/78)

Letter from George, Prince of Wales, to Mary Hamilton on not being able to write as frequently; and on his and Mary Robinson's mutual love.

The Prince writes that he gained intelligence of Robinson's affections from a gentleman acquainted with Sir John Lade. He writes that Robinson addressed the 'tender speech she ought to have addressed to Prince Floriel to me'. The Prince states that he has 'metamorphosed into the gay galant Lothario, into as happy a creature, as I was almost desponding with Love, passion, & the most ardent flame, boiling altogether in my bosom...'.

Received Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.

Signed 'Palemon'.

Information about this document

Physical Location: Windsor Castle
Collection: GEO/ADD/3 Additional papers of George IV, as Prince, Regent, and King
Classmark: GEO/ADD/3/82/78
Title: Letter from George, Prince of Wales, to Mary Hamilton
Language(s): English
Author(s): George, Prince of Wales (later George IV)
Origin Place: unknown
Date of Creation: 14 December 1779
Date of Sending: 14 December 1779
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: unknown
Date of Receipt: 14 December 1779
Extent: 1 sheet; 479 words
Collation: Loose manuscript papers.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, George, Prince of Wales.
Hand of writer of the date at the top right of p.1, probably Mary Hamilton.
Hand of unknown writer of the number at the top right of p.1.
Project Information:
This set of letters transliterated and encoded as TEI/XML files by post-doctoral researchers in the 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers' project. Work supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza. Files additionally offered for adaptation at William & Mary for the Georgian Papers Programme.
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: Windsor Castle
Collection: GEO/ADD/3 Additional papers of George IV, as Prince, Regent, and King
Classmark: GEO/ADD/3/82/78
Title: Letter from George, Prince of Wales, to Mary Hamilton
Language(s): English
Author(s): George, Prince of Wales (later George IV)
Origin Place: unknown
Date of Creation: 14 December 1779
Date of Sending: 14 December 1779
Recipient(s): Hamilton, Mary
Destination: unknown
Date of Receipt: 14 December 1779
Extent: 1 sheet; 479 words
Collation: Loose manuscript papers.
Script:
Hand of writer of the main text, George, Prince of Wales.
Hand of writer of the date at the top right of p.1, probably Mary Hamilton.
Hand of unknown writer of the number at the top right of p.1.
Project Information:
This set of letters transliterated and encoded as TEI/XML files by post-doctoral researchers in the 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers' project. Work supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza. Files additionally offered for adaptation at William & Mary for the Georgian Papers Programme.
Last Revised: 2021-11-02