Image Number	HAM_1_1_2_4.pdf
Reference Number	HAM/1/1/2/4
Link to Catalogue	<A href="https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma992976139180301631&context=L&vid=44MAN_INST:MU_NUI&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&tab=Everything&lang=en">Mary Hamilton Papers</a>
Series Title	Correspondence from the Royal Family
Parent Work Title	Note from Queen Charlotte to Mary Hamilton
Creator	Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Creator Role	Author
Date Created	1780-08-30
Description	Queen Charlotte opens the letter noting that she does not have much to say excepting 'a good morning'. She writes that she has read twice this summer the Hermit, a favourite poem of hers acknowledging that she would not be acquainted with either poem or poet if it were not for Hamilton. The rest of the letter relates to life at Court, noting that the Royal Terrace is constantly filled but that the she herself 'does not partake of that amusement and am but a spectator all alone at times'. All of Hamilton's friends have left for the country excepting Mrs Vasey (Elizabeth Vesey (c1715-1791) literary hostess] who came twice to Lady Causton to see the Royal Family. Charlotte notes that she curtsied twice from her window to her and was told 'that my position had almost thrown her (Mrs Vesey) down and was 'sorry to find that I had been doing mischief'. She ends her note by stating that this will be her last writing to her before they next meet.
Language Code	eng-GB
Subject	Great Britain--Court and courtiers
Subject	Letters
Category of Material	Archives
Sub-Category	Correspondence
Technique Used	Handwriting
Medium	Ink
Support	Paper
Creation Site	England: Windsor and Maidenhead: Windsor
Time Period Covered	18th Century CE
People Covered	Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816
People Covered	Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Current Repository	The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image	The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work	Copyright restrictions may apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd)	2014-06-20
Image Creation Technique	Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights	<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png"></a>
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm)	2014-07
Metadata Language	eng-GB
Collection Code	Mary Hamilton Papers
