Letter from Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, Potomac River, to Catherine Grace Frances Gore, 1860 October 8 : autograph manuscript signed.

Writing that there is no apology required on behalf of C. Villiers, as he "only regretted that when the letter of introduction to the President reached me your son had already taken leave of us some days and must then have been on board a steamer on his way to England" and remarking that it is "a thousand pities" that he did not stay longer instead of returning to Dublin, as "The Republican lessons he might have learnt here would have done him a world more good than the mock-royalty of Paddy's Castle" and as "a young man is so unlikely to cross the Atlantic twice ... he should leave as little of this remarkable People unseen as the absolute call of home duties will allow."; praising her son (Augustus Gore) and his conduct and bearing; referring to a "charming woman you seem to have heard has been dogging our steps in Canada" adding "They say she is to meet us at New York. I hope not, for it is sad to have such an exhibition of the 'Women of England' in a land like this."; stating that his "labours are near their close and I cannot say how happy I shall be to find myself again swaying in my cot on board the 'Hero'", describing the work he has been engaged in as "most severe", and noting that the visit to the States has been a success and writing that "I never spent two more agreeable days than those with the old President" and "a very favourable impression has been made upon our Cousins & the cause of good-feeling has been better promoted than it would have been by the whole Corps Diplomatique."