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Letter from Edward Clive, Earl of Powis, to William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland, 1795 March 2 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
189806
Accession number
MA 23563
Creator
Powis, Edward Clive, Earl of, 1754-1839.
Display Date
London, England, 1795 March 2.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 23.2 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Written from Berkeley Square.
Signed "Clive."
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of Alexis Brialmont, History of the life of Arthur, duke of Wellington (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1860); PML 7901-7916; volume II.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of the duke's letter and informing him that a volunteer corps is now being raised to augment the Shropshire Militia; adding that there is corps of yeomanry cavalry being raised near Drayton, but he has not yet received a return from them; promising to send that as soon as he receives it.