Hamilton of Hamwood Papers,
1785-1939.
Contains the literary papers, correspondence and some estate material relating to the Hamilton family of Hamwood House, Co. Meath. The literary papers consists primarily of notebooks and fair copy manuscript poems, translations and transcriptions written or compiled by successive generations of the Hamiltons and their cousins the Tighes of Rossana, Co. Wicklow. Among those represented are the poet Mary Tighe, the artist and poet Caroline Hamilton, her son Charles William Hamilton and grandson Charles Robert Hamilton. Also included are the personal papers and correspondence of members of the Hamilton families resident in both Ireland and Canada; among the personal papers is their correspondence from family members, friends and business associates, their notebooks, travel journals, diaries (including personal accounts of the the Easter Rising and the abdication of British monarch Edward VIII) and some documentation relating to the estate and property of the FitzGeralds, dukes of Leinster, who employed successive members of the Hamilton family as their agents. Among those writing to the Hamiltons were Maria Edgeworth, Felicia Hemans, Thomas Moore, John Wesley, Frederick Blackwood, Earl of Dufferin and Clandeboye, and members of the Tighe and Ponsonby families.
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Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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Notes: | Associated Materials: Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There are additional papers relating to the Hamilton family of Hamwood, Co. Meath held in the Department of Manuscripts. This consists of MS 3575, MS 3581-2, MS 4805 and MS 4809 in the Wicklow Papers; Physical description: 3 boxes more |
Arrangement: | Fonds I. Literary Papers. II. Personal papers and correspondence. III. Family and Estate Papers. |
II.iv.4. Letters to Charles William Hamilton of Hamwood, Co. Meath, concerning horticultural matters,
1830-1837.
In Collection: | Hamilton of Hamwood, 1785-1939. |
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Description: | Contains letters on horticulture written by Sir Henry Seton Steuart of Allanton House, Lanarkshire, the botanist Alphonse de Candolle of Geneva, and writer Maria Edgeworth. Edgeworth's letters also refer to social engagements and her hopes of meeting Hamilton in Edgeworthstown. Also included is a list of plants sent to the Hamwood estate, 'from Whitefields'. |
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1830-1837
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Language: | Text in English and French. |
Extent: | 9 items |
Format: | Manuscript |
Call Number: |
MS 49,155/24
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Copyright owned by the National Library of Ireland. |