Letter [in French] from the Princess of Wales to Mrs. Clayton [GEO/ADD/28/086], thanking her for a book and reporting that the Prince had also received one ('I guess the author'), expressing the hope that the Bill 'will goe [sic] according to our wish' or will be dropped, reporting that Mrs Clayton's eldest brother [Lord Sunderland] had visited the King yesterday and returned 'under an uncertainty what to doe [sic]', praising Mrs Clayton as 'the best & most honest woman in every respect' and remarking on her own fondness for 'people of wit & merit'; with transcription in French and English translation [GEO/ADD/28/050].
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Title
Letter [in French] from the Princess of Wales to Mrs. Clayton [GEO/ADD/28/086], thanking her for a book and reporting that the Prince had also received one ('I guess the author'), expressing the hope that the Bill 'will goe [sic] according to our wish' or will be dropped, reporting that Mrs Clayton's eldest brother [Lord Sunderland] had visited the King yesterday and returned 'under an uncertainty what to doe [sic]', praising Mrs Clayton as 'the best & most honest woman in every respect' and remarking on her own fondness for 'people of wit & merit'; with transcription in French and English translation [GEO/ADD/28/050].
Date Created
n.d. [a later pencil note suggests '? March 1719']
Creator
Caroline, Princess of Wales (1683-1737)
Description
All your freinds [sic] doe [sic] wonders, I am not surprisd [sic], when they converse with the best & most honest woman in every respect, you are one of those with whom there is noe [sic] keeping company without being of the same sort.'
Language
French
English
Identifier
GEO/ADD/28/086; GEO/ADD/28/050
