Dorothea Laura Hamilton

Charlotte Maria was particularly close to her sister Laura Hamilton , to whom she addressed the letters that Agnes Giberne later used in writing her biography. Laura's son contributed a preface.

After this she never fully recovered her strength. She was, however, unwilling to be the subject of concern and aid, and tactfully repulsed the efforts of her sister Laura Hamilton . You would keep...

As a child and young adult, CMT wrote family magazines, verses, stories, and plays. These were often performed by her large family, which was great at private theatricals. Her earliest surviving writing, from 1832, was...