BIB_ID
355935
Accession number
MA 707.2
Creator
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834.
Display Date
1801 Apr. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester to Francis James Jackson and Sir Sidney Smith and from Mary, Duchess of Gloucester to Lady Charlotte Belasyse. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
The identity of the recipient is inferred from the contents of the letter.
The identity of the recipient is inferred from the contents of the letter.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J. Pearson & Company, 1910.
Summary
Commenting on the pension awarded to him by Parliament and saying that he felt it should have been higher and he should have also been given a Title; commenting on the "Change of Administration & of the Cause that occasioned the change -- A Proposition to the King to consent to the Emancipation of the Roman Catholics -- a Proposition that no King of the House of Brunswick could consent to being contrary to the Principles that brought our Family to the Throne & one w'ch if consented to in my Opinion would be attended with the most serious & dangerous Consequences to this Country -- Nothing far short of the Overturning our Church & Constitution -- Mr. Pitt not being able to obtain His Majesty's Consent to this Proposition retired;" discussing the Congress at Amiens and the "Definitive Peace;" saying he was told "by a very great Man that the Whole Business would be concluded before the End of November;" saying he hopes to see him after he returns from France.
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