The Mary Hamilton Papers : Letters from Mary Hamilton to George, Prince of Wales
Hamilton, Mary
The Mary Hamilton Papers
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letters from Mary Hamilton to George, Prince of Wales, on going to Lady Spencer's assembly; and on the Prince's messenger requesting that she write something.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>In her first letter, Hamilton writes of 'a great deal of Bon ton' at the assembly of Lady Spencer, and that the 'Duchess of Devonshire was in great Beauty'. She writes that she talked with Lady Claremont, Lady Hertford, Miss Thynne and Lady Spencer.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>On the reverse, Hamilton writes a copy of a letter sent Sunday morning on the 5 December 1779, which includes a drawing of holly.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>[Drafts.]</p>