BIB_ID
404175
Accession number
MA 4644.3
Creator
Berard, Louis, active 18th century.
Display Date
1707 January 7.
Credit line
Purchased, 1989.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.7 x 18.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark to "His Grace the Duke / of Leeds at his house / in Holborn / England / London."
The letter is double-dated December 27, 1706 / January 7, 1707.
Docketed.
Louis Berard was hired by the Duke of Leeds to tutor his grandsons William Henry Osborne, Earl of Danby (1690-1711) and Peregrine Hyde Osborne, Viscount Dunblane (1691-1731). He provided weekly accounts of the education of the two boys in this collection of letters.
The letter is double-dated December 27, 1706 / January 7, 1707.
Docketed.
Louis Berard was hired by the Duke of Leeds to tutor his grandsons William Henry Osborne, Earl of Danby (1690-1711) and Peregrine Hyde Osborne, Viscount Dunblane (1691-1731). He provided weekly accounts of the education of the two boys in this collection of letters.
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fortieth Anniversary Fund from the Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, 1989.
Summary
Updating him on their progress toward Utrecht and the courtesies extended to the boys along the way; reporting that he has changed currencies and lost a small amount of money on the exchange; adding that Captain Byron would like to be remembered to him for the "great care he took for yr. grand sons..."
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