BIB_ID
356372
Accession number
MA 711.8
Creator
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Display Date
[1796 May].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
Endorsed: "Prince of Wales to the Nabob Omdat al Omrah May 1796." Writer, recipient, and date are based on this note.
Part of a collection of letters and documents related to the debts of George IV; see main record for MA 711 for more information.
This letter is likely an earlier draft of MA 711.12.
Part of a collection of letters and documents related to the debts of George IV; see main record for MA 711 for more information.
This letter is likely an earlier draft of MA 711.12.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
Summary
Thanking him for his letter informing him of the death of his father, the previous Nawab of Arcot; complimenting his father; lamenting "the loss of so faithful an ally & so accomplished a prince"; expressing his hope that the good relationship between the Nawab and the Crown will continue; sending him a sword.
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