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Letter from William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire to William Cavendish, Marquess...
Catalogue reference: CS1/163/20
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- CS1/163/20
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Title (The name of the record)
- Letter from William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire to William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
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Date (When the record was created)
- 25 September 1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Concerns: threatening letters received by Mr Boothby from Jacobites who have insulted and plagued him since the Rebellion; Mr Boothby's letter to Mr Binsey asking for the Duke to apply for some soldiers; the Duke's letter to the secretary at war and his plan to lay the letters before the Duke of Newcastle; rewards and promises of pardon from the government to accomplices who reveal rogue rebels; publishing the promise of pardon in the Gazette; Lord Hartington's master unlikely to allow him to leave for London to attend his duty in Parliament; he requests that Lord Hartington get permission from the Duke of Newcastle for the publication of the promise of pardon; his travel plans to Derby, Loughborough and St Albans. Written from Chatsworth. Signed 'Devonshire'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
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- 1 sheet
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Cavendish, William 1698 - 1755 [3rd Duke of Devonshire]
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d061dd53-840c-46d6-9c6e-c9b380ac61ea/
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CS1/163
Letters and papers of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
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This record is held at Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
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Cavendish Family and Associates: 1st Correspondence Series
Within the series: CS1/163
Letters and papers of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
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Letter from William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire to William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington