Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 1/2/11
Title
Letters from Hamilton to Jean Muir, later Jean Hamilton, 1886, including letters from Burma
Date(s)
- 1886 Jun 25 - 1886 Dec 21 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file, 61 letters
Scope and content
Letters sent by Hamilton to his future wife Jean Miller Muir, mainly relating to their courtship, engagement and forthcoming marriage, including letters written as aide-de-camp of Lt Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Bt, Commander-in-Chief, India, on campaign in Burma. With letter to his brother-in-law Thomas George Harry Moncrieffe, 22 Nov 1886. 1 file, 61 letters. Some letters reprinted in Hamilton's Listening for the drums (Faber and Faber, London, 1944)