It is likely this letter was written to the Marquess of Buckingham given correspondence that immediately preceded and followed it as published in "The Manuscripts of J.B. Fortescue, Esq., Preserved at Dropmore". London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1892, vol. 1, pp. 344-346.
Part of a collection of letters from and to William Pitt the Elder and William Pitt the Younger. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 894-895 for more detail.
Concerning a controversy over Sir W.[illiam] Fawcett's son's resignation or possible sale of his commission; discussing the possible promotion of Col. Nugent to replace Fawcett's son and an appointment for Colonel Gwynne; concluding "I have really felt on every [illegible] more anxiety throughout this Business than I can easily describe to you. - I do not however even now quite agree with you as to the Sense of the Commission and Instructions. But that is not a Point necessary to discuss at present. - Our great object is to find some practicable solution, without dwelling on what is passed and I think there is now a fair Prospect of succeeding. - If the Business is settled in this way, the sooner the Letters are withdrawn from the office the better; and there is no reason for any Trace appearing there how Col. Gwynne's appointment took place. - Your recommending Him now would in many respects be awkward, and it is surely much better to let the whole drop without further Notice."