BIB_ID
360042
Accession number
MA 826.60
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1821 Jan. 1-2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.4 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
Talking about Harriet's hurt arm and advising her to "order warm baths" and do nothing to irritate it; wondering what made [George] Canning resign; hoping it is not because of a "fresh accuation against the Queen" [Caroline]; mentioning shared acquaintances.
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