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Letter from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, London, to John Wentworth, 1812 July 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
459336
Accession number
MA 14909.57
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 23 x 18.6 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
Address panel: "Sir John Wentworth Bt / 10 Lower [Leymouth?]".
Portion of second leaf excised; partial postmark above address panel remains.
For a possibly related, undated letter from Wentworth to Edward "regarding the education of Henry Ingram", see Dimsdale, Joseph. Collection, Box 1, Folder 28, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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
Explaining that his stay at Windsor delayed a reply to Wentworth's letter of the 7th; answering a matter raised by Wentworth concerning Henry Ingram; enclosing "a few lines for that young man to deliver unto" a party related to one Mr. Lancaster.