BIB_ID
355981
Accession number
MA 707.3
Creator
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834.
Display Date
1801 Dec. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.0 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
Saying that he has given Sir Elijah Impey a letter of introduction to him; reporting that he had recently seen Mr. Addington and how pleased he was with him; commenting on the Congress at Amiens; commenting that he's heard that the society in Paris "is not very brilliant;" relating news of Parliament's voting to reduce the size of the Army; saying that he has "written to request the King will allow me to retire & to resume my Command if the Peace does not take place -- Whenever the Country is in Danger or there is any Prospect of actual Service my anxious wish is to be employed, but when Peace is certain, I cannot receive a large Pay & burthen the Country to do nothing!"
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