BIB_ID
356355
Accession number
MA 711.5
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters and documents related to the debts of George IV; see main record for MA 711 for more information.
The contents of the letter suggest it was written by Queen Caroline to George IV while he was Prince of Wales.
The contents of the letter suggest it was written by Queen Caroline to George IV while he was Prince of Wales.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
Summary
Noting that she has heard from Lord Thurlow, "the friend of us both," that she has "incurred [his] displeasure"; writing to assure him that she has no intention of following "the councils of those who [are] adverse to the interests of [her] husband"; emphasizing her sense of duty to him; hoping that his "supereminent good nature" will enable him to receive her "sincere declaration" with kindness.
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