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Mary Hamilton Papers
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HAM11933.pdf
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Reference Number:
HAM/1/19/33
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HAM/1/19/33
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Series Title:
Correspondence from William 7th Lord Napier
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Correspondence from William 7th Lord Napier
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Parent Work Title:
Letter from William 7th Lord Napier
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Letter from William 7th Lord Napier
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Creator:
Napier, William, 7th Lord Napier, 1730–1775 Napier, 1730–1775
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Napier, William, 7th Lord Napier, 1730–1775 Napier, 1730–1775
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Author
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Date Created:
1773-02-11
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Description:
Hamilton has sent Napier a letter enclosing one from John Hope with it. Napier writes that he has just received them. Possibly again referring to John Hope, Napier notes that he is sure that Hamilton believes that every word she writes about a 'mutual attachment' but advises that everyone should take great care before actually forming one, women more so than men. He advises her to be cautious and not to be in a hurry to form 'friendships with either sex' especially the male sex. Hamilton is too sanguine a person to 'take it easily & give them up [friendships] without hurting yourself'. Hamilton, with her 'affectionate heart' is apt to believe that every body is like her and Napier asks her to believe him when he says that the world is very different from what it appears to be. '[D]eceit now forms to be a science more studied than any of the virtues'. Napier also writes of Hamilton's desire to know 'on what occasion a woman has to take an offer where her heart is not concerned'. In Napier's opinion there is none but he notes that from the 'instant a girl is able to understand anything, she is told she must have a Husband, by Mother, maid & visitors, till such time as her little head is full of nothing else, & she believes it the Summum Bonum of this life and the thoughts of being that detested thing an old Maid frights Miss so that rather than wait till she meets with a Man who can engage her heart & make her happy she takes the first offer as Mama tells her that good ones don[']t come every day'. After which she finds herself miserable, especially if she later sees a man that she prefers more than her husband. Napier asks if this answers her question. Dated at Canterbury.
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Hamilton has sent Napier a letter enclosing one from John Hope with it. Napier writes that he has just received them. Possibly again referring to John Hope, Napier notes that he is sure that Hamilton believes that every word she writes about a 'mutual attachment' but advises that everyone should take great care before actually forming one, women more so than men. He advises her to be cautious and not to be in a hurry to form 'friendships with either sex' especially the male sex. Hamilton is too sanguine a person to 'take it easily & give them up [friendships] without hurting yourself'. Hamilton, with her 'affectionate heart' is apt to believe that every body is like her and Napier asks her to believe him when he says that the world is very different from what it appears to be. '[D]eceit now forms to be a science more studied than any of the virtues'. Napier also writes of Hamilton's desire to know 'on what occasion a woman has to take an offer where her heart is not concerned'. In Napier's opinion there is none but he notes that from the 'instant a girl is able to understand anything, she is told she must have a Husband, by Mother, maid & visitors, till such time as her little head is full of nothing else, & she believes it the Summum Bonum of this life and the thoughts of being that detested thing an old Maid frights Miss so that rather than wait till she meets with a Man who can engage her heart & make her happy she takes the first offer as Mama tells her that good ones don[']t come every day'. After which she finds herself miserable, especially if she later sees a man that she prefers more than her husband. Napier asks if this answers her question. Dated at Canterbury.
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eng-GB
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eng-GB
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Subject:
Great Britain--Social life and customs
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Great Britain--Social life and customs
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Subject:
Letters
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Letters
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Category of Material:
Archives
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Archives
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Sub-Category:
Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Handwriting
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Handwriting
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Ink
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Paper
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Paper
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Creation Site:
England: Kent: Canterbury
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England: Kent: Canterbury
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Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
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18th Century CE
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People Covered:
Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library
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Copyright restrictions may apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-12-01
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers
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Mary Hamilton Papers
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