BIB_ID
404333
Accession number
MA 4644.35
Creator
Berard, Louis, active 18th century.
Display Date
1707 November 29.
Credit line
Purchased, 1989.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.0 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 and London have been crossed through and replaced with "Wimbleton."
Docketed.
The letter is double-dated November 18 / 29, 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 November 18 / 29, 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
Reporting on the political situation saying "There is a ferment working thoroughout the united provinces, which is like to bring forth a Stadholder at the end. Those that have sat at the helm since King William's death are altogether against it. Most part of these are mean people & ignorant of state affairs, & tho' never so unfit for the management of them, will, if they can, never part with it. if the Government do remain long in their hands, things will probably come to the pass they were in, when the war of 72 broke out: all the Imployments civil & military will be in the hands of Burghmasters Sons, Brothers & Nephews, without any regard to the qualifications required. The generality is for a stadholder, excepting those who have some kind of Relation with the Magistrates, or with the Deputies to the States General & those of the several counsels of state. Amongst these there are many who are of the same mind with the Generality, but do conceal it till a proper time. The young Prince of Nassau Frizeland is the most like to carry it when the ferment breaks out. The next time I shall give myself the honour of writing to y'r Grace I shall mention several more particulars, whereby y'r Grace, who's so skilfull in the discerning of Men & times, will be able to draw more & surer consequences then I am able to do.
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