Letter from Lord Frederick Cavendish to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

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Concerns military and family affairs: his private meeting with the King; the King's wish to make an example of those producing bad canon; testing the metal of the suspected canon; the augmentation of the artillery; a place for [the Duchess of Devonshire] to live and Mr Bagshaw suggesting the 4th Duke had suggested Hardwick by Lord Frederick has not yet raised it with her. Written from the Secretary's Office. Signed: "F Cavendish".

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