BIB_ID
426089
Accession number
MA 3498.287
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820.
Display Date
London, England, 1817 August 1.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.4 cm
Notes
It is uncertain whether this letter is in the autograph of the Duke of Kent.
Written from "Hotel de Maldegham Bruxelles / 3/4 past 4 Sunday August 1st / 1817."
Written from "Hotel de Maldegham Bruxelles / 3/4 past 4 Sunday August 1st / 1817."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Saying he will comply with her instructions to use his own messenger to forward a packet from Kensington to Tilney Street; adding that he is happy to learn she is still in Spa and he hopes to see her there; adding that he is going to see "...the Chevalier de Burtin's famous collection of Pictures,, but about 12, if that be not too early, when I leave his house I will, with your leave, look in upon you at the Hotel d'Angleterre. If however you would prefer a later hour only say so, and I will conform myself to the time that will suit you the best."
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