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Lady Mary Hamilton papers

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  • "Series I, Letterbook of Lady Mary Hamilton, contains correspondence by and to the author Lady Mary Hamilton, principally with her daughter Betsey Walker Thiébault and her son-in-law Paul Thiébault; her siblings, including Anne Leslie Carnegie, Countess of Northesk, and Alexander Leslie; and with George Robinson Hamilton and Sir Herbert Croft. Subjects include personal and family news; Hamilton's continuing financial and legal difficulties; her family's life in the difficult conditions of Revolutionary France; and the negotiations surrounding the marriage contracts of her daughters Betsey and Isabella."
  • "Other subjects include Hamilton's strained relationship with her husband James Walker; the final illness and death of George Robinson Hamilton; and the disinheritance of Lord Rosehill, eldest son of the Countess of Northesk. Series II, Family Papers, contains a detailed biographical memoir of Lady Mary by her grandson, Baron Adolphe Thiébault."

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  • "Lady Mary Hamilton papers"