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Letter from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, London, to John Wentworth, 1810 July 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
459322
Accession number
MA 14909.44
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 23.8 x 19 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
The "late Colonel Pollen" may be George Augustus Pollen (1775-1808), who spent time in Halifax in 1800 and died at sea in 1808.
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
Discussing personal financial matters, including a bill for £250 "drawn by the late Colonel Pollen" in Halifax, and a sale of Edward's effects upon his leaving Nova Scotia; requesting something of Wentworth related to these matters.