BIB_ID
459328
Accession number
MA 14909.50
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 22.8 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
Referenced enclosure not present.
Hart Street in Covent Garden was later renamed Floral Street.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Referenced enclosure not present.
Hart Street in Covent Garden was later renamed Floral Street.
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
Inviting Wentworth to join he and Madame de St. Laurent (who have use of the Prince Regent's box) at the Covent Garden Theatre this evening; enclosing a note for the Box Keeper to admit Wentworth should he "go there early in the evening to see the performances from the commencement", as Edward and St. Laurent will not be arriving before 8 o'clock; giving directions: "Door to the Prince's Box is in a Court to the right out of Hart St. which is called Princes Court."
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