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Letter from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, London, to John Wentworth, 1802 January 28 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
459179
Accession number
MA 14909.25
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 24.8 x 19.9 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
John Sullivan (1749-1839) served as under-secretary of state for war and the colonies, 1801-1804.
"Captain Bentinck" is William Bentinck (1764-1813) of the Royal Navy. Bentinck served as governor of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 1798-1802.
Referenced letter of January 24: see MA 14909.24.
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
Enclosing with great pleasure a letter from colonial under-secretary of state John Sullivan (in response to Edward's letter of January 24) that indicates that Wentworth's situation is very likely favorably resolved and that he will not be removed from the lieutenant-governorship of Nova Scotia in favor of Captain Bentinck.