BIB_ID
404232
Accession number
MA 4644.55
Creator
Berard, Louis, active 18th century.
Display Date
1708 May 29.
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 / at Wimbleton / England." Under the address, the word "London" has been crossed out.
Docketed.
The letter is double-dated May 18 / 29, 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 May 18 / 29, 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 the chocolate the duke had asked for is at last on its way, six pounds for the duke and three pounds for "the Marchioness" (Lady Bridget); telling him that "Mrs. Rosingh has undertaken to get it Safe into England, thô forbidden goods; & I suppose, thô it were seized by the Custom officers, that your Grace's name, to whom it is directed, would get it free"; mentioning that he has written to Captain Byron in Rotterdam, suggesting that he take the chocolate from Mrs. Rosingh if he thinks he can get it into England with fewer difficulties; enclosing a recipe (no longer with the letter); writing further about the chocolate: "It is as burnt as it can be, & no lesser quantity of Sugar can be used in making it. As to the Cinnamon, besides it will give no tast, it is not possible to dissolve the Vanillas without it"; sending greetings from the boys.
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