BIB_ID
379323
Accession number
MA 2909.22
Creator
Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820.
Display Date
1804 May 16.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Douglas C. Ewing, 1972.
Description
1 item (17 p.) ; 34.1 cm
Notes
Docketed.
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: "P.B." in a circle, 1802.
Watermark: Britannia seated with scepter and shield in an oval surmounted by a crown, with initials "P.B." on either side of Britannia.
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: "P.B." in a circle, 1802.
Watermark: Britannia seated with scepter and shield in an oval surmounted by a crown, with initials "P.B." on either side of Britannia.
Summary
Commenting on King George III's serious illness and its effect on Queen Charlotte and his sisters; describing a letter he wrote to his brother, the Duke of York, in which he stated "how mortified [he] felt at being absent from [his] post [at Gibraltar]" and indicated that he "should feel it a duty to press the matter very strongly, in the Event of a rupture with Spain"; noting that he received a reply indicating that the Duke of York not only does not intend to send him back to Gibraltar, but also intends "to oppose with all his might" all "active employment" for the Duke of Kent; remarking that the King supported his side of the disagreement before he fell ill; discussing military affairs; advising him to write to Sir Joseph Banks to request an annual allowance of £15 for Dalton to heat the hot house in Nova Scotia where he is collecting plants "for the public service" and "the advancement of science"; asking him to answer various letters and giving him detailed instructions about how to respond to each letter.
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