BIB_ID
459296
Accession number
MA 14909.37
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 24 x 19 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
Robert Stewart (Lord Castlereagh) was secretary of state for war and the colonies, 1807-1809.
William Cottnam Tonge (1764-1832) held several offices in Nova Scotia and was a political opponent of Wentworth. The "suspension" is probably Wentworth's 1807 dismissal of Tonge as provincial naval officer, to which office Tonge unsuccessfully petitioned Castlereagh for reinstatement. See Judith Tulloch, TONGE, WILLIAM COTTNAM, Dictionary of Canadian Biography (vol. 6).
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Robert Stewart (Lord Castlereagh) was secretary of state for war and the colonies, 1807-1809.
William Cottnam Tonge (1764-1832) held several offices in Nova Scotia and was a political opponent of Wentworth. The "suspension" is probably Wentworth's 1807 dismissal of Tonge as provincial naval officer, to which office Tonge unsuccessfully petitioned Castlereagh for reinstatement. See Judith Tulloch, TONGE, WILLIAM COTTNAM, Dictionary of Canadian Biography (vol. 6).
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 a letter of March 24 on April 23 and of a letter of August 20 on September 20; mentioning return of a Mr. Butler to Nova Scotia; discussing someone (possibly Mr. Butler) who apparently unknowingly gave offense to Wentworth; informing him of Lord Castlereagh's opinion on the suspension of Mr. Tonge and Wentworth's conduct; praising Wentworth for selecting Beckwith as successor; agreeing on lamentable state of "matters between this country and America" and detecting the effect of "French Intrigue carried to the highest pitch"; discussing international situation after the peace of Tilsit, including success of the Copenhagen expedition on checking French naval ambitions and possible reduction in power of U.S. "French faction"; conveying good wishes of Madame de St. Laurent; remarking on his feelings after returning from Gibraltar.
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