BIB_ID
425448
Accession number
MA 3498.137
Creator
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837.
Display Date
Brighton, England, 1833 March 3.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 22.9 x 18.6 cm
Notes
The year of writing is not provided. The published letter cited below gives the year as 1833. The place of writing derived from the contents of the letter.
A footnote in the published letter cited below says that the "subject" to which Mrs. Fitzherbert refers when discussing the papers Wellington wishes her to see is her marriage to George IV. The Duke of Wellington was the executor of George IV's estate.
Address panel with fragments of a seal to "Hon'ble / Mrs. Dawson Damer / Upper Grosvenor Street."
A footnote in the published letter cited below says that the "subject" to which Mrs. Fitzherbert refers when discussing the papers Wellington wishes her to see is her marriage to George IV. The Duke of Wellington was the executor of George IV's estate.
Address panel with fragments of a seal to "Hon'ble / Mrs. Dawson Damer / Upper Grosvenor Street."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Thanking her for her letter and saying "The account you give of your conversation with the Duke of Wellington made me rather nervous & I should really feel more obliged to you than I can express if you would desire him not to send me the papers he aludes to, I had rather prefer the perusal till I go to Town which I shall do very soon - pray express my thanks to him - he has always upon this Subject shewn much feeling & good nature to me - I am not very well & any thing upon the Subject always annoys me very much;" referring to the political situation saying "I dont suppose there will be either pensions or places left for any body - when I read the French papers & then refer to our own proceedings they are so similar that it quite horrifies me - What is to become of FitzClarence & what is going to be done for him - pray tell me something about him for I know nothing - This place is quite deserted;" relating news of her household and adding "I am glad you are so amus'd & interested in hearing the debates - I have quite sufficient of them in the newspapers."
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