Letter from Lord Munster, Brighton, to Mary Georgiana Dawson-Damer, 1837 October 8 : autograph manuscript signed with initial.

Asking what she has decided about the Stables given the legal issues surrounding them; saying "You are however, in possession - and it is for Her Majesty to act & if you choose & think your case strong enough - you have only to declare - refuse - giving them up & they must bring an action if they dare - How unlucky, House & Stables were not mentioned in the Will - However, here I am & ready to act & do as you bid me - as, you know, I am ever ready to do - am I not? The Queen has been out every day & I hope will continue it - until the Novelty is over, when she may pass & repass without a notice or remark;" adding that he and Lady Munster wrote their names in her Visitor Book on the third day after the book was opened "...not to appear too anxious;" saying he is doing some renovation to his house to create a Library and some servants rooms; commenting on how good riding is for her and adding that Lord Egremont has promised to show him how Ladies rode "...60 years ago - with a skirt, fastened to the saddle - so that they had it round them, on mounting - & dressing was avoided, which is I think the principal reason Ladies set their faces against it - on account of the preparatory trouble - Riding, also provides good nights & quiet sleep;" relating social news and adding more news of the Queen saying "I hear the Queen['s] favorite Papers are the Times & the Post - she takes in others & the Globe in the Evening - Not on good - nay distant terms with her Mother, also sees little of her & is considered by her as quite a secondary Person & so treated - I have heard of symptoms of bad Temper in the young Lady - Very straightforward & collected in her arrangements with the Household - and settles well with each person after breakfast in a few words - all given as commands & without allowing any suggestions - Melbourne comes down tomorrow...Confined to the House all day by the rain - No News."