BIB_ID
459299
Accession number
MA 14909.40
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 25 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
Docketed.
George Prevost arrived in Halifax in April 1808 to relieve John Wentworth as lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia.
Charles Mary Wentworth (1775-1844) was the only child of John Wentworth and Lady Frances Deering Wentworth.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Docketed.
George Prevost arrived in Halifax in April 1808 to relieve John Wentworth as lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia.
Charles Mary Wentworth (1775-1844) was the only child of John Wentworth and Lady Frances Deering Wentworth.
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
Expressing concern that several packet boats have arrived from Halifax without word from John or Lady Wentworth; noting he has written them three times (offering his home as theirs until they settle in England) since he heard the news that John Wentworth had been relieved by his successor as lieutenant-governor; begging Charles Wentworth to inform him (Edward) of any news he receives from his parents; asking to convey his compliments to Lord Fitzwilliam, if Charles is his guest when he receives this letter; conveying anxiety also of Madame de St. Laurent over lack of word from the Wentworths.
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