BIB_ID
404192
Accession number
MA 4644.48
Creator
Berard, Louis, active 18th century.
Display Date
1708 March 20.
Credit line
Purchased, 1989.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 21.9 x 17.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark to "His Grace The Duke of Leeds / at his house in Holborn / England / London."
Docketed.
The letter is double-dated March 9, 1707 / March 20, 1708.
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.
Docketed.
The letter is double-dated March 9, 1707 / March 20, 1708.
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
Writing that they have had news from Paris about an insurrection in Scotland and the readiness of the Scots to receive James Stuart, "the Pretended Prince of Wales", as their king; reporting further that they hear that the Marquis de Nangis has brought a large quantity of arms to Edinburgh, that "Duke Hamilton" (possibly James Hamilton, 1658-1712) has welcomed James Stuart to the city, that a paper has been posted up in the streets containing "a detestation of the Union" and that "all the People Cry, Long Live King James the 8th"; commenting on the strangeness of the fact that they hear this news from Paris, whereas the letters they have had from London make no mention of it: "however they laugh at the News spread by the french, in this country"; writing that Dutch troops and ships are being prepared to go to the aid of England; suggesting that perhaps the French are bluffing, and that they may not intend to sail out from their ports after all, especially since there are rumors that the Prince of Wales has fallen sick in Dunkirk: "I fancy the Court of Versailles would not grieve much at his death, should it happen"; mentioning that they were concerned to hear that the Duke has had a cold and hope he has recovered from it; reporting that the young Lords are well and they "present their humble duties to your Grace"; adding that he is preparing his accounts for the last quarter and will send the abstract of it soon.
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