BIB_ID
459298
Accession number
MA 14909.39
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 23.6 x 18.8 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
Charles Mary Wentworth (1775-1844) was the only child of John Wentworth and Lady Frances Deering Wentworth.
John A. Vesey (-1811) was an aide-de-camp and secretary to Edward.
Thomas Dodd (-approximately 1842) was an aide-de-camp and secretary to Edward.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Charles Mary Wentworth (1775-1844) was the only child of John Wentworth and Lady Frances Deering Wentworth.
John A. Vesey (-1811) was an aide-de-camp and secretary to Edward.
Thomas Dodd (-approximately 1842) was an aide-de-camp and secretary to Edward.
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
Mentioning their mutual friend Lt. Col. Vesey; acknowledging note from Charles Mary Wentworth to Captain Dodd that contained "most welcome news" and informed of an event compared to which no other "in life ever afforded me more real comfort"; referring to waiting anxiously for confirmation of Lady Wentworth's recovery and requesting immediate communication should said recovery occur; conveying good wishes of Madame de St. Laurent.
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