BIB_ID
404329
Accession number
MA 4644.32
Creator
Berard, Louis, active 18th century.
Display Date
1707 October 18.
Credit line
Purchased, 1989.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.5 x 17.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark to "His Grace the Duke of Leeds / at his house in Holborn / England / London." Holborn, England and London have been crossed through and replaced with "Wimbleton."
Docketed.
The letter is double-dated October 7 / 18, 1707.
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 October 7 / 18, 1707.
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
Expressing happiness at the report of his improving health and gratitude for the deposit of £300 for their accounts; referring to an "odd account" of the King of Sweden in letters from Germany that appear to relate to the restitution of the crown and jewels of Queen Christina; reporting that the Duke of Marlborough will be meeting with the Elector of Brunswick and that "Troops are already posted all along the road to secure his passage going & coming back. As soon as I am better Informed of what preparation both by Sea & Land the states will think fit to make, I shan't fail giving y'r Grace an account of it, as you are pleased to command me. The King of Prussia raises actually 10000 men, But whether it is for the Dutch or in the behalf of y'e Elector of Brunswick, I can't yet certainly tell."
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