BIB_ID
404276
Accession number
MA 4644.62
Creator
Berard, Louis, active 18th century.
Display Date
1708 July 24.
Credit line
Purchased, 1989.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 22.2 x 17.8 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 July 13 / 24, 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 July 13 / 24, 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
Informing the Duke that the Marchioness (the boys' mother, Bridget Osborne) and her daughters, Mary and Bridget, have arrived safely in Rotterdam, where they were met by Berard and the two boys; telling him that they intend to set out for Utrecht the next day; writing that he will keep him informed about their visit, and also about the ongoing military campaigns and the consequences of the allies' victory at the battle of Oudenarde (see MA 4644.61).
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