Shelfmark
MS 249
Author
George, 1738 - 1820 III, King of Great Britain,
Title
Letter from George III to Richard Hurd, bishop of Worcester, 29 July 1787. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Windsor, England, 1787 July 29.
Physical description
1 item : paper ; 23 x 19 cm.
Note
Devised title.
Note
A personal letter enquiring after Hurd's health; noting that he will attend the speeches at Eton in part to be seen encouraging 'Education'; discussing his three sons who have been visiting Göttingen.
Note
A folded sheet on which only the first recto has been written.
Note
Includes addressed envelope with seal.
Note
Enclosed with letter from Lucy Bentley of Upton, Slough, dated 10 July 1939, which records the donation of the letter with 'several' others from the collection of her husband Richard Bentley.
Binding
Stored in melinex slip in black clamshell box.
Genre/Form
Correspondence.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England Windsor
Language code
eng
Identifier
B46687