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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Contributors: Tighe, Sarah, 1743-1822
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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

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Arrangement:Fonds
I. Literary Papers. II. Personal papers and correspondence. III. Family and Estate Papers.
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II.vi.2. Letters to Charles Robert Hamilton of Hamwood, Co. Meath, concerning family memorabilia,

1881-1912.
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In Collection: Hamilton of Hamwood, 1785-1939.
Description:Contains a letter from Edwin Hamilton of Donaghadee, Co. Down, concerning a Hamilton family medal, letters from Dora Prendergast, of London, concerning a miniature of poet Mary Tighe, and from Lady Caroline Howard, written from Wingfield, [Bray], Co. Wicklow, concerning her transcribing poems from the manuscripts of Caroline Hamilton.
Main Creator: Hamilton, Edwin, 1849-1919
Created: 1881-1912
Extent:7 items
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,155/34 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Copyright owned by the National Library of Ireland.