Letter from Queen Charlotte to George, Prince of Wales

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Physical Person particularly as Nobody about Her at Present is in the least acquainted with Her Constitution. As I am still in the Nursery I must beg leave to mention a little avanture I met with on Wednesday last. On my arrival at Kew a Woman came & presented me a Letter which I took & after perusing it found it to be a Person desirous to be Wet nurse, You will see by the inclosed that She has been at Brighton & hoped that You would have Named Her. She was very desirous of being seen by me & stayed till four a Clock. But I own tho she Names both Lrd & Ldy Cholmondeley, I thought it more prudent to decline making her acquaintance as it struck me that Ldy Cholmondeley knows to much of the World & I hope enough of me, as to encourage any Person She interests herself about to come to me without a Letter of recommendation to me, whom I shall always be glad to receive & to answer. I therefore sent a written answer by Lady Elgin who was with me which I also include


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