BIB_ID
404366
Accession number
MA 4644.81
Creator
Berard, Louis, active 18th century.
Display Date
1709 September 11.
Credit line
Purchased, 1989.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 20.5 x 16.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark to "His Grace The Duke of Leeds / at his house in James street / Westminster / England / London." The words "penney post" have been added directly under the address.
Docketed.
The letter is double-dated August 31 / September 11, 1709.
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 August 31 / September 11, 1709.
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 arrived at the castle of Count Stirum (possibly Otto Leopold of Limburg Stirum) in "Borkelo", which is "two days journey from Utrecht, five Leagues, or 15 miles, beyond Zutphen, upon the borders of Westphaly"; describing their activities there: "Munday Last there was great Shooting at Partridges & coursing of hares, & yesterday a fine fishing in the River Borkel, which gives name to the town, & at night dancing french Dances & country dances; so that My Lords are Like to spend their time pleasantly enough this fortnight, for so Long & no Longer are we agreed to stay here"; writing that the Count is a "Sovereign Count of the Empire, & has power of Life & death in this place", as a consequence of which they are going to witness a punishment later that day: "a Thief & house Breaker... will be whipped & Burned on the shoulder, & then sent to a house of correction, to remain there all his life"; describing the guard the Count keeps at the castle; adding that he wishes he could write more, but "I am to go presently with the whole company to see the Execution, & I have no time Left, but to assure your Grace of My Dear Lords welfare, to present you with their humble duties, & to beg Leave to subscribe my self with all submission & truth."
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