BIB_ID
356379
Accession number
MA 712.11
Creator
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806.
Display Date
[1783-1806].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Lord Thurlow to Thomas Tyrwhitt relative to George IV and Queen Caroline. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
The letter is undated; the range of debts covers the period that the Prince's debts were known to the public and the death of Lord Thurlow.
The letter is undated; the range of debts covers the period that the Prince's debts were known to the public and the death of Lord Thurlow.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J. Pearson & Company, 1910.
Summary
Concerning the ongoing frustrations with regard to the Prince; saying of the Prince that "He allows Himself to be of all Men the least popular. The world, which derides the supposed Foppery on one side does not laugh at the other;" referring to a statement of facts and its importance; hoping that he will help as soon as his health permits.
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