BIB_ID
414740
Accession number
MA 1581.215
Creator
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.
Display Date
London, England, 1821 February 24.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1959.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 22.7 x 18.2 cm
Notes
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall and to other members of the Beaumont family. See collection-level record for more information (MA 1581.1-297).
This letter formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wilkie) 22.
Address panel with postmarks and seal to "Sir George Beaumont Bart / Coleorton / Ashby de la Zouch."
Written from Kensington.
This letter formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wilkie) 22.
Address panel with postmarks and seal to "Sir George Beaumont Bart / Coleorton / Ashby de la Zouch."
Written from Kensington.
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Providing Sir George with additional information on his brother's posting in India; asking for his assistance in securing him a promotion in the East India Company.
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