| Collection | Edward, Duke of York and Albany |
| Description | The Duke's letter addresses 'indelicate suggestions' that he assured Potter were unfounded.
The reply stated that Potter was a 'miserable being' but that 'alas Sir facts are stubborn things beyond even the control of a sovereign', and that 'indelicate' does not accurately reflect the actions, which should have a worse name. Potter writes he was trying to honour his wife's last request not to expose her or dishonour the Royal Family, and obtain provision for the 'little being...who wants only the name of Augustus to denote his origin'. He threatens that his knowledge of affairs is extensive, including the jealously, quarrels, intrigues, and all that occurred at his residence in Firth Street and the 'melancholoy catastrophie at Kew', and claimed to have proof but would not disclose this unless required to vindicate himself when it 'will be fatal & the ruin spread wider than you imagine'. |