HAM/1/20/192
Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
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38, St- James's Street
9th- Febry- 1805
My Dear Sister,
In answer to your
Letter of the 7th. Inst. be informed,
That, I arrived safe in
London, & found my Landlord de=
termined to die. He has fulfilled his
purpose by departing this Life on
Tuesday Morning & still lies in State
in the room over my Bedchamber.
Monday next, I hear, is fixed for his fu=
neral.
That, I delivered your Note at
the Door of The Counteʃs of Mansfield, whom
I have not yet seen, but have had an
invitation to Dinner, which I could not
accept.
That, the Queen's Majesty has
been indisposed; but, went to Windsor
Yesterday, & is to have a Drawing Room
on Thursday.
That, the King's Majesty has
been at the Concert of Antient Musick,
& that is all I know of him. Some folks
say all is right; others, maintain the con=
trary. I dare not give an opinion.
That, I beg everything kind
from Me to You & Yours may be believed
and,
That I present my best Com=
pliments to Miʃs A. M C, remaining
ever My Dear Sister's
Very Affectionate
Friend & Brother
Napier
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38, St- James's Street
9th- February 1805
My Dear Sister,
In answer to your
Letter of the 7th. Instant be informed,
That, I arrived safe in
London, & found my Landlord determined
to die. He has fulfilled his
purpose by departing this Life on
Tuesday Morning & still lies in State
in the room over my Bedchamber.
Monday next, I hear, is fixed for his funeral
.
That, I delivered your Note at
the Door of The Countess of Mansfield, whom
I have not yet seen, but have had an
invitation to Dinner, which I could not
accept.
That, the Queen's Majesty has
been indisposed; but, went to Windsor
Yesterday, & is to have a Drawing Room
on Thursday.
That, the King's Majesty has
been at the Concert of Ancient Music,
& that is all I know of him. Some folks
say all is right; others, maintain the contrary
. I dare not give an opinion.
That, I beg everything kind
from Me to You & Yours may be believed
and,
That I present my best Compliments
to Miss Anna Maria Clarke, remaining
ever My Dear Sister's
Very Affectionate
Friend & Brother
Napier
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Metadata
Library References
Repository: John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Archive: Mary Hamilton Papers
Item title: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton
Shelfmark: HAM/1/20/192
Correspondence Details
Sender: Francis Scott Napier, 8th Lord
Place sent: London
Addressee: Mary Hamilton
Place received: unknown
Date sent: 9 February 1805
Letter Description
Summary: Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, stating that
he has arrived safe;y in London and that his landlord there was 'determined
to die'. He continues noting that the landlord has 'fulfilled his purpose by
departing this Life on Tuesday morning'. He informs Hamilton that he has
delivered her note to the Countess of Mansfield and that the Queen is to
have a Drawing Room on Thursday. He reports that the King has attended a
concert of 'ancient musick & that is all I know of him'. Some people
report that his health is well whilst others do not and Napier 'dare not
give an opinion' on it.
Dated at St James's Street [London].
Length: 1 sheet, 191 words
Transliteration Information
Editorial declaration: 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).
All quotation marks are retained in the text and are represented by appropriate Unicode characters. Words split across two lines may have a hyphen on the first, the second or both fragments (reco-|ver, imperfect|-ly, satisfacti-|-on); or a double hyphen (pur=|port, dan|=ger, qua=|=litys); or none (respect|ing). Any point in abbreviations with superscripted letter(s) is placed last, regardless of relative left-right orientation in the original. Thus, Mrs. or Mrs may occur, but M.rs or Mr.s do not.
Acknowledgements: Transcription and XML version created as part of project 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers', funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council under grant AH/S007121/1.
Transliterator: Christine Wallis, editorial team (completed 3 February 2022)
Cataloguer: Lisa Crawley, Archivist, The John Rylands Library
Cataloguer: John Hodgson, Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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Revision date: 17 March 2022