BIB_ID
379269
Accession number
MA 2909.16
Creator
Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820.
Display Date
1803 Oct. 7.
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Purchased as the gift of Douglas C. Ewing, 1972.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 30.7 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Colonel Frederick Augustus Wetherall. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2909 for details.
Watermark: R. Glover 1798.
Watermark: shield divided into quadrants showing three fleur-de-lys, a crowned head, a harp, and a leaping horse, shield surmounted by a crown.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Colonel Frederick Augustus Wetherall. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2909 for details.
Watermark: R. Glover 1798.
Watermark: shield divided into quadrants showing three fleur-de-lys, a crowned head, a harp, and a leaping horse, shield surmounted by a crown.
Summary
Asking him to look out for his godson, Edward Schultze, who has recently been made an ensign and appointed to Colonel de Rothenberg's battalion; dwelling on the young man's lack of education and want of funds; remarking that he knows he can count on Wetherall's "friendly care of the young man."
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