Letter from Lady Catherine Herries to Mary Hamilton. She had written to Hamilton from Brighton last month (HAM/1/17/170) with hopes of receiving a letter in return and feels 'uneasy at your silence', as she fears that the reason is because she is feeling ill. This alone, Herries notes is enough to cause her concern but put alongside this a 'maternal cause' increases her worry. (Herries alludes to the possibility of Hamilton being pregnant in HAM/1/17/175). She fears that she has made Hamilton an 'indiscreet request in asking for those letters of recommendation for Mr Stanley who has not the honour of being personally known to you'. If this is the case she offers her apologies and gives her reasons as to why she did so, writing of an 'amiable man' who wrote to her 'in distress of his heart'. She continues that she has now heard from the man who is now in a more favourable position and has returned to Ireland with the hopes that he will soon be able to bring the 'matter to a happy termination'. Herries notes that the family in question will introduce him which will 'make other means of introduction not necessary'.
The letter continues with Herries writing of her hope of hearing from Hamilton soon, news of Nina Herries and Sir Robert Herries and of her plans to visit Brighton.
Dated at St James's Street, [London].