BIB_ID
379333
Accession number
MA 2909.25
Creator
Watson, Frederick, Sir, 1773-1847.
Display Date
1820 Jan. 24.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Douglas C. Ewing, 1972.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.8 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.
Written on mourning stationery.
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.
Written on mourning stationery.
Summary
Telling him that the Prince Regent [George IV] received his notice of the Duke of Kent's death; thanking him for "the very regular & clear communication which [he] transmitted for H.R.H.'s Information of the state of the Duke during his melancholy illness"; discussing funeral arrangements and noting that a "proper Person will repair to Sidmouth for that purpose"; adding that "His Royal Highness" bears this sudden affliction with as much fortitude and resignation as the deplorable event will admit"; remarking that George IV "derives a consolation from knowing that the Duke of Kent received and was comforted by the communication of His Royal Highness's fraternal anxiety and affectionate solicitude for him."
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