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Letter from William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire to William Cavendish, Marquess...

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CS1/163/33
Title
Letter from William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire to William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date
9 March 1751
Description

Concerns: the quality of the road between Leicester and Hardwick; work on the Orange House [orangery?]; seeing Mr and Mrs Fitzherbert's post chaise in Leicester; Dr Burnes' news of a considerable fortune fallen to the Fitzherberts (by legacy) in Barbados or some of the Islands; Lady Barker's recovery and Lawyer Barker's death; Mr Bonsey's request to hold the courts following Barker's death and the Duke's preference for Heathcote to run the mineral court; Cantrell's living at Derby; Madame Latonche at Buxton. Written from Chatsworth. Signed 'Devonshire'. Written from Chatsworth. Signed 'Devonshire'.

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See CS1/140.11 for the Duke of Rutland's letter on this matter.

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Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
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1 sheet
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Cavendish, William 1698 - 1755 [3rd Duke of Devonshire]

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Letter from William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire to William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington