L30/11/323/80

Letter from Agneta Yorke to Amabel, Lady Lucas, sent from Bath. [Typed transcript available].

1806

From: 1806 To: 1806

Is leaving Bath tomorrow. Mention of the death of Mr Fox [13 September 1806] 'has not left his equal behind him in some respects, and...had he joined the right party, and been rid of his own, he might have been a very great man indeed - as it was, I really believe he knew how to deal with Bonaparte and would ay length have concluded a tolerable truce - for a peace I doubt is not to be had.' Reference to the taking of Buenos Aires [invasions of the River Plate] and 'the conduct of our brave countrymen in Calabria [Battle of Maida]. Discusses who might succeed Fox. Refers to Viscount Royston's 'Cassandra' [a translation of Lycophron's poem about Cassandra]. Sympathises with Lady Lucas on the subject of finding new female servants.

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Yorke, Agneta,
Hume-Campbell, Amabell, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas,
Polwarth, Amabel Grey, Viscountess,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
Fox, Charles James,
Yorke, Philip, Viscount Royston

family correspondence, Bath, Napoleonic Wars, servants