Letter from Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, London, to Catherine Grace Frances Gore, 1852 October 16 : autograph manuscript signed.

Acknowledging receipt of a letter sent to him by Gore from Baden; writing that his children have not received an anticipated inheritance (a probable reference to the estate of his former father-in-law, Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, who died August 18, 1852) and remarking "I for one was not disappointed, for I knew that the bereaved Widow would have taken care that even what was morally & equitably their right should never come to them - and so it is!", asking her opinion "of the house in which the old Duke died only six weeks ago" which has been hastily repainted, and observing that "Verily the decency of the Alderman's daughter is on a par with her other virtues!"; complaining that they are "yet ignorant of the day of the meeting of Parlt. - the day of the great Duke's funeral [a reference to the burial of the Duke of Wellington who died on September 14 of that year]- and the principles of our Ministers!", stating that they expect to be "enlightened this evening" on the first two matters, "but as regards the last, the manufacture is not completed" and "if possible, the business of the Session is to be confined to Undertakers' work - the burial of the good old Duke, and - the burial of Protection.", noting that it has not yet been decided whether or not the funeral shall be in state, and mentioning D'Israeli and a certain "Mrs. Frail"; remarking that he hopes to see Mrs. Gore at Fenton's, and that he "was at Oxford yesterday to place my son under the care of Dr. Gaisford and Lord Derby".