Letter from Sir Robert Wilmot to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

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Concerns: the report of serious illness of Lord Bessborough; the mob at Bakewell and the good effect of the 4th Duke's presence; the death of Admiral Mostyn of taking James's powder [Robert James's fever powder] improperly; Sir Henry Cavendish's recommendations of William Dalton and William Towell. Written from St James's Street. Signed: "Robt Wilmot".

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