BIB_ID
355991
Accession number
MA 707.5
Creator
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834.
Display Date
1802 Dec. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.2 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
Accepting his invitation to stay with him in Berlin; describing his seven weeks in Stockholm "during which time there have been constant Fetes; the Gaities are without End and I have the satisfaction of adding that every time I see the King I receive some fresh mark of his Confidence & Regard;" adding, "in great confidence....that the K.S. thinks precisely as we could wish him to think & that it rests with our Government to decide whether or not Great Britain & Sweden are closely & forever united."
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