BIB_ID
379487
Accession number
MA 2909.37
Display Date
1820] Jan. 19-Feb. 6.
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Purchased as the gift of Douglas C. Ewing, 1972.
Description
1 item (21 p.) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
In at least two hands. These notes were probably compiled by Frederick Augustus Wetherall, but he does not sign them.
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.
Some pages on mourning stationery.
The Duke of Kent died in Sidmouth, Devon, on Jan. 23, 1820.
These notes were incorporated into the finished report presented to George IV (see MA 2909.36, "Narrative of the circumstances attending the indisposition of His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent commencing with a walk taken by His Royal Highness on Friday the 7th January 1820.")
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.
Some pages on mourning stationery.
The Duke of Kent died in Sidmouth, Devon, on Jan. 23, 1820.
These notes were incorporated into the finished report presented to George IV (see MA 2909.36, "Narrative of the circumstances attending the indisposition of His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent commencing with a walk taken by His Royal Highness on Friday the 7th January 1820.")
Summary
Giving a daily account of the Duke of Kent's health in the weeks leading up to his death; describing the steps taken after the Duke of Kent's death and his funeral procession and interment.
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