Author: Louisa Stuart

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-07-31

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780484918329

Excerpt from Gleanings From an Old Portfolio, Vol. 3: Containing Some Correspondence Between Lady Louisa Stuart and Her Sister Caroline, Countess of Portarlington, and Other Friends and Relations; 1800-1813 I am truly heartily glad for all that the Bishop and his family will gain (i suppose above twenty thousand pounds), and also for Lady Louisa's legacy, as she makes a good use of money; it is very right too his remembering poor Lady J. Courtenay and the Elphinstone family, but I grudge that Lord Bute and Mr. Dutens should have been preferred before poor Frederick and your family, my dear sister, when he knew how much your children are left unprovided for. I hope I shall hear from you soon and that everything remains quiet in Dublin, and the French fleet not expected upon your coasts, as there have been some reports of this kind. What a dreadful calamity has happened to Lord Keith's Ship, and how fortunate we may think ourselves that your dear Henry was not in it. I conclude you will have seen in the papers that Lord Bute's son, Lord William, has already got the command of a 64-gun ship, the same that carried Lord Macartney and him to China. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.