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Letter from Lord Munster, Windsor, to Mary Georgiana Dawson-Damer, 1837 June : autograph manuscript signed with initial.

BIB_ID
425628
Accession number
MA 3498.207
Creator
Munster, George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, Earl of, 1794-1842.
Display Date
Windsor, England, 1837 June.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.5 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written on mourning stationery.
The letter is undated however it appears from the content it may be on the morning of June 19, 1837.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Reporting on the condition of his father; saying "We are quite beyond all hope - as tho the King has passed a quiet nay good night - it has not restored him in the least - indeed he is much weaker than last night - and the Medical men think they see symptoms of his failing - I never saw such exhaustion, except on Friday night."