BIB_ID
459174
Accession number
MA 14909.21
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 23.2 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
George Isham Parkyns (circa 1750-circa 1820) "proposed to prepare a history of the British Provinces of North America to be illustrated by his own sketches [...] Parkyns completed a number of sketches of scenes in and near Halifax in 1801, but his proposed history never appeared" (C. Bruce Fergusson, The Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Acadiensis [vol. 2 no. 1, Autumn 1972], p. 72).
Thomas Dodd was an aide-de-camp and secretary to Edward.
See MA 14909.19 for Edward's referenced suggestions to Wentworth about the Lodge.
The referenced stadtholder is William V (1748-1806), Prince of Orange and final stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, who went into exile to Britain in 1795.
Paul Wentworth (died 1793) was a friend of Sir John Wentworth and intelligence agent for the British government.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
George Isham Parkyns (circa 1750-circa 1820) "proposed to prepare a history of the British Provinces of North America to be illustrated by his own sketches [...] Parkyns completed a number of sketches of scenes in and near Halifax in 1801, but his proposed history never appeared" (C. Bruce Fergusson, The Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Acadiensis [vol. 2 no. 1, Autumn 1972], p. 72).
Thomas Dodd was an aide-de-camp and secretary to Edward.
See MA 14909.19 for Edward's referenced suggestions to Wentworth about the Lodge.
The referenced stadtholder is William V (1748-1806), Prince of Orange and final stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, who went into exile to Britain in 1795.
Paul Wentworth (died 1793) was a friend of Sir John Wentworth and intelligence agent for the British government.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of August 1 letter on September 2; reporting happily on the king's health, having left him on August 17 in Weymouth "better than I have known him for years"; discussing with interest and approval Mr. Parkyns's proposed illustrated history of Nova Scotia, prints from which Parkyns is sending to Edward via Captain Dodd; discussing Edward's previous and Wentworth's own suggestions for renovation of the Lodge and its grounds after the fire; suggesting consulting one Dalton for advice; making references to parts of the Lodge's grounds, including a piazza, terrace, and kitchen garden; expressing gladness the fire made Wentworth understand "no dependence could be placed in that vagabond John Fitzgerald"; informing on some business of a request by Wentworth involving Wentworth's late friend Paul Wentworth and "His Serene Highness" the "Stadtholder" and that Edward will gladly request something of the stadtholder if the latter feels "authorized" to do so; conveying news of promotion of a particular person to the 31st regiment of foot ("now at Minorca") and of one William Clarke as an assistant mate on the North American Medical Staff, who is therefore now in the "regular line for future promotion"; thanking for making the Prince's Lodge available to Edward should he need it in the future; stating that is not likely as the king has allowed "my visiting my command only occasionally"; explaining where he will spend time as commander; relating how he and Madame de St. Laurent reminisce on the Wentworths' affectionate hospitality towards them.
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