BIB_ID
356952
Accession number
MA 714.7
Creator
Goldsworthy, Philip, Colonel, 1737-1801.
Display Date
1789 July 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters relating to the illness of King George III. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J. Pearson & Company, 1910.
Summary
Reporting on the King's health; saying that "The Bathing as well as the [illegible] & wholesome air we breath [sic] at this place, has succeeded to our most sanguine wishes -- The novelty of sailing has contributed to the more particular enjoyment of it.....The Riding is partaken of in a very moderate degree, a circumstance your Lordship I think will be pleased with, as it is always in reach, sailing not.....The very great [illegible] good humour & affability, if I may presume so to style it, & shown by Their Majesties upon every occasion, seems to have diffused real comfort & happiness to the Crowds of all descriptions of people & we hear of great preparations in Devonshire for the purpose of [illegible] their zeal, Loyalty & attachment..."
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