BIB_ID
459341
Accession number
MA 14909.62
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.6 x 18.5 cm
Notes
Written from Kensington Palace.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
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
Apologizing for the delay in replying to letters of November 2 and 28 1814, which were hand-delivered on January 3 by the Rev. Porter of King's College, Windsor; explaining time-consuming involvement with "the British and Foreign School society for the education of the poor" (following the principles of Lancaster); discussing possibilities of future public service; mentioning Sir John Sherbrooke;
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