BIB_ID
379330
Accession number
MA 2909.24
Creator
Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820.
Display Date
1812 Sept. 28.
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Purchased as the gift of Douglas C. Ewing, 1972.
Description
1 item (10 p.) ; 31.8 cm
Notes
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: Britannia seated with scepter and shield in a triple oval surmounted by a crown.
Watermark: T. Edmonds 1811.
Watermark: Britannia seated with scepter and shield in a triple oval surmounted by a crown.
Watermark: T. Edmonds 1811.
Summary
Mentioning Wetherall's "appointment to the Command of the Mysore"; commenting on a package he picked up from the India House, and noting that its contents "are in perfect preservation & will immediately be divided amongst [the Duke of Kent's] sisters agreeable to [Wetherall's] injunctions"; describing how gifts of clothing were divided between the women in the royal family; discussing military appointments; reflecting on George III's health: "the poor King continues in the same melancholy state, his Bodily health generally good, but his mind still as alienated as ever, and I fear without the shadow of a hope of recovery though he may yet live many years"; expressing concern about the health of his youngest sister, Princess Sophia.
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