BIB_ID
359997
Accession number
MA 826.56
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1820 Feb. 27-28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Countess of Bessborough / Cavendish Square / London / Inghilterra."
Part of a collection of letters from Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, to Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 826 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Part of a collection of letters from Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, to Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 826 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
Summary
Commenting on the death by stabbing of the Duc de Berry; discussing Princess Caroline's status and whether or not she will become Queen; mentioning that the weather is fine and Cardinal Consalvi has recovered his good health; saying that she is glad George IV is returning to health, and speculating that his illlness may give him "a moment's popularity."
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