| ID | 2356 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Wicklow Papers |
| Reference | Mss3581-3582 |
| Description | Mrs Charles Hamilton's journal of a stay in England and France. Notebooks, the first dated at Chester, June, 1852, makes comparisons with Ireland, admiration for the rhododendrons, and a sermon at the Cathedral. But 'I highly disapproved of the Bishop's saying when laying on his hands on them whose sins ye remit shall be remitted etc. - very Popish'. The second notebook has gardening tips: '..the best way of destroying the green insect on roses is to make a solution for Tobacco water not too strong...', drawing of a French summerhouse. Anecdotes on religious themes, hymns and a poem 'written on a soldier's grave by his own desire' ending: 'and does the Pope confess? Oh yes. To God. And does God charge the Pope? No, quoth the priest - he charges nothing. Then, God's the best - God's able to forgive and always willing, To him I shall confess and save my shilling'. Copied letters and journal entries dated Paris, 1853: recounting among other subjects - food, clothes, her own and her fellow travellers low opinion 'of the slovenly, dirty ways of French ladies'. And: 'It is a melancholy reflection that Protestant parents are not alive to the Folly of educating their children on the Continent - they are willing to sacrifice their innocence for a good French accent'. Description of 'the guests in this establishment [?Boulogne] since we came here', mainly English and Irish. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1852-1854 |
| 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 |
| Email Address 2 | info@nli.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx |
| latitude | 53.34186 |
| longitude | -6.25441 |