Letter from William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

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Concerns comments on the 4th Duke's refusal to attend Council: "Lord[ Bute]would move heaven and earth to get over, either you or the D[uke of Newcastle] because, he judges, if he could get one the other must most likely follow"; the effect of the Duke of Bedford in Paris on negotiations of a peace. Unsigned.

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