Autograph letter signed from Fanny Burney to Mary Hamilton, Norbury Park, 1784 July 10.

Physical description: Single sheet (9x7 inches) approx. 200 words. Accompanied by custom slipcase (2 folders).

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Description

Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator: Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840.

Contents/Summary

Summary: Fanny Burney refers to her visit with Mary Hamilton in London and mentions "...the uneasiness which dampt all my pleasure even in the charming party at Hampton. I hope when she [Mary] hears that the fatal termination of that suspense, made me wish for nothing but to hasten into the country to recruuit both my health & spirits..." This was, perhaps, referring to a disappointment in love, when the ambiguous attentions of a young clergyman came to nothing. In a postscript she mentions "a string of the most uncomfortable circumstances" and asks to be remembered to Mrs. Vesey and Mr. and Mrs. Pepys.

Subjects

Subject: Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840.; Hamilton, Mary, 1756-1816.; Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.; Vesey, Elizabeth Vesey, 1715?-1791.; English literature > Women authors.; Women novelists, English > 18th century > Sources.; Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.

Genre: Letters.

Bibliographic information

Publication date: 1784
Access: Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Source: Purchased, 2010. Accession 2010-074.
Note: Burney was an English novelist and letter writer. Mary Hamilton was a good friend of hers.