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TitleLetter from Ernest, King of Hanover, to Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller
Date1 Feb 1838
DescriptionWritten from, Hanover, addressed to Phippy: receipt of his letter late yesterday: his having so many letters of business that he only been able to leave his room for one hour to dine from 9 in the morning until 12 at night: his sincerely missing the peace and quiet of his dwelling at Kew, but his having his duty to perform: his account of Sophia being more cheering than Alexander's and one he pins more faith on: comparisons of her present state with what happened to him, when the whiteness of vision gradually wore off after 6 weeks or 2 months, thinking she will recover her vision in the spring: lament at the loss of Lord Eldon: Waller to let him know how Lady E Repton is [Elizabeth, Eldon's daughter], and how he has left his fortune, feeling certain he will have done the right thing.
Sheet, with 3½ pages of text.
RelatedMaterialChevalier Alexander is Henry Alexander, eye surgeon
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