• Reference
    W1/2477
  • Title
    Richard Lee to Samuel Whitbread II
  • Date free text
    21 September 1809
  • Production date
    From: 1809 To: 1809
  • Scope and Content
    Trusts everything goes well at Colworth. Account of the duel of Canning & Castlereagh: "Two Cabinet Ministers engrossed in a Duel, I should imagine is without precedent! You will recollect a story of James the Second I believe, putting the Corps of Attorneys in the front rank of his Army; declaring that good must come of it, whether they killed his Enemies, or his Enemies them - perhaps you may think no harm could arise from the result of this rencontre". Account of sugar trade.
  • Level of description
    item