Letter from Thomas Herring to his cousin William Herring, dated 31 May 1740
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CMV33556
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Pw V 120/23, ‘Letter from Thomas Herring, [Later Archbishop of Canterbury] to his cousin William Herring [later Chancellor of York]; 31 May 1740’
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Letter from Thomas Herring to his cousin William Herring, dated 31 May 1740
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A letter from Thomas Herring to his cousin William Herring dated 31 May 1740.
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Thomas begins by noting his sadness at Jack’s ill health but adds that he is optimistic about his recovery. He goes on to say that he will probably not go to Wales because of the weather but will travel to Kent soon. He then relates news of his acquaintances, stating that the Bishop of Norwich is not well after catching a cold at Welbeck Abbey and commenting on the upcoming marriage of Philip Yorke and Jemima Campbell, explaining that she will receive her title from her grandfather, who is also very ill. Thomas praises the engaged couple and comments that they are very suitable for each other, before concluding by noting that he has copied out some lines of a Voltaire poem and sent them to William.
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2 ff.
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Bound in a short folio book consisting of 76 items pasted on modern leaves. The binding is deep red Morocco leather. The border and central field are formed by single fillet lines tooled in black. The eight corners of the resulting two concentric rectangles are emphasised with a small gold stamped flower tool. This design is repeated on the upper and lower covers. The spine is panelled and likewise features black tooled squares and gold flower details. The pastedowns and flyleaves are covered with a leather design marble dark green paper with gold.
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Part of the papers of William Henry C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), statesman.
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Part of the first deposit received from Welbeck Abbey in 1949 from the 7th Duke of Portland.
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