Letter and enclosure from Jane, Lady Archibald Hamilton (née Lady Jane Hamilton) to Dorothy Boyle (née Savile) Countess of Burlington

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

  • Reference
    • GB 2495 CS1/369
  • Dates of Creation
    • 24 November [1751]
  • Physical Description
    • 2 items

Scope and Content

The author writes concerning Lord Burlington's ill-health and a "viper water" remedy she has received from a gentleman at Bristol who in turn received it from a man just returned from the "East Indies" involving making a liquid from a viper to be consumed by the ill patient.