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Collection of autograph letters from advisors and creditors of George IV while Prince of Wales : England, Germany, etc., to Thomas Tyrwhitt and other recipients, 1796-1813.

BIB_ID
102853
Accession number
MA 711.1-51
Display Date
1796-1813.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1910.
Description
1 v. (51 items), bound ; 25.8 cm
Notes
Thomas Tyrwhitt, the recipient of many of the letters in this collection, was the Prince of Wales's personal secretary.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
Summary
A collection of 51 letters regarding the debts of George IV while Prince of Wales. Includes letters from the Marquess of Abercorn; the Duke of Buccleuch; the Marquess of Cholmondeley; Sir Grey Cooper; Baron De Tabley; the Earl of Dorchester; Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover; George IV; Sir Vicary Gibbs; Sir William Hamilton; Sir Henry Hunloke; the Earl of Lisburne; Sir John MacPherson; William Monson; the Duke of Norfolk; the Duke of Northumberland; J.W. Payne; the Earl of Rosslyn; E.F. Schlotheim; the Earl of Spencer; Thomas Tyrwhitt; A.F. Veltheim; Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse-Kassel; and others. Letters are described in 51 individual records (MA 711.1-51).