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Collection	Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales
Reference	GEO/MAIN/74087-74088
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from [James Cresset] to Sir George Lee
Date	[19 June 1751]
Writer	Cresset, James
Addressee	Lee, George, Sir (c.1700-1758), Treasurer to Augusta, Princess of Wales
Description	Communicating that the Princess of Wales has suggested that Lee might once enter the 'most proper establishment for the Young Royal Family'. The King has agreed to Mr Pitt [William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham] becoming the Princess' [Keeper of her] Privy Purse. Pitt, however, has not always behaved properly with the Princess. Furthermore, she told Cresset that she wants to keep to herself the faculty of naming the Ladies who she might need in her service. Dated Saturday Signed with initials. Written in pen (bottom left hand corner) in a different hand '32.11'
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers
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