| ID | 2310 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Wicklow Papers |
| Reference | Ms4809 |
| Description | Commonplace book of Caroline Hamilton of Hamwood, County Meath, containing verse (including 'The Convict Ship' by C W Hamilton), and other jottings, 1805-1806: 'I believe ...Gardening to be one of the most innocent pleasures in life as it appears to depend less upon the applause of men that any other'; and 'Are not the great in general uncommonly dull?'. Journal entries [Possibly not Caroline's?] of September to November, 1797 at Rosanna, including a description of a dinner at Newtown Mount Kennedy and the conversation, and a poem 'Written in the bow room at Rosanna the first time I inhabited it'. Also description of a visit to Mr Penrose's house at Ballycane[?] and his wife's views on a domestic life: 'housewifery, she says, with a sigh, is not to be learnt in a day'. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1805-1806 |
| Century | 19th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | National Library of Ireland |
| Address | National Library of Ireland Department of Manuscripts 2-3 Kildare Street Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 TR76 |
| Telephone | (01) 603-0386 |
| Email Address | mqueries@nli.ie |
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| Repository Web Address | https://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx |
| latitude | 53.34186 |
| longitude | -6.25441 |