BIB_ID
106077
Accession number
MA 711.1
Creator
Cooper, Grey, Sir, approximately 1726-1801.
Display Date
1796 Jan. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Labelled "Private."
Part of a collection of letters and documents related to the debts of George IV; see main record for MA 711 for more information.
Part of a collection of letters and documents related to the debts of George IV; see main record for MA 711 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
Summary
Congratulating him "on the happy event of the delivery of the Princess of Wales"; discussing the various consequences of the birth; alluding to a "censure" he "incurred ... at Windsor"; explaining that he does "not presume to be an advocate for the conduct of the Prince of Wales," but admitting he has "defended him" and "will continue to defend him against the cruel and illiberal advantage taken of his situation after the necessity of his application to Parliament and the gross misrepresentations under which his whole character & conduct were tried & examined."
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