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E. Off.
Friday 10th. February 1809.
My dear, dear girl,
I send you the Statesman of this evening, and one of Wednesday last all but a small piece of it which my brother cut out for copy. In the latter you will find the whole of Dowler's case, if you have not already had a paper from Mr. Hunter; and in the former, there is a complete confirmation of it by Mrs. Clarke, as well as other excellent evidence. Mr. Finnerty moved, this day, in the court of King's Bench for leave to defer his appearance at the bar till the return of Major Hogan; and Lord Ellenborough, they say, granted it immediately in a manner that was most favour-ably construed by every one present. Be that as it may, we have no particular inclination to have ours delayed, & shall leave it to the Duke himself. What blessings are truth & a good conscience! These, my dear love, be assured, will always make me patient & even happy in the worst prison I can /---/ inhabit; and these too will, I trust, for the remainder of my life bind fast in your arms
Your affectionate Henry.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Kent Hunt, February 10, 1809 |
| Creator |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Date Original | 1809-02-10 |
| Description | Concerning the copies of the Statesman that he sends; the case against the Duke of York for accepting bribes. |
| Personal Name Subject |
Hunt, Marianne Kent, 1788-1857 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Chronological Subject |
1800-1810 |
| Type (DCMIType) | Text |
| Type (AAT) |
Correspondence |
| Type (IMT) | jpeg |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Archival Collection | Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection |
| Collection Guide | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html |
| Location | bound MsL H94hum2 leaf 92 (one of 34 letters in MsL H94hum2) |
| Rights Management | Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department. |
| Contact Information | Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
| Height (cm) | 31.5 |
| Width (cm) | 20 |
| Number of Pages | 3 + 1 blank |
| Number of Sheets of Paper | 1 |
| Digitization Specifications | Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available. |
| Date Digital | 2009-04-01 |
| Transcript | E[xaminer] Off[ice London] |
| Transcript Notes |
1. John Hunt . 2. The case against the Duke of York, commander-in-chief, for accepting bribes to promote officers . 3. Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), the Duke of York's mistress. It appears that she accepted bribes to use her influence with the Duke to get officers promoted . 4. Unidentified . 5. Major Denis Hogan, artillery officer, whose attack on the Duke of York because of a grievance about promotion and whose disclosure of an attempt to bribe him to keep quiet were aired in The Examiner. The result was the prosecution of The Examiner by the Duke of York . 6. The trial of The Examiner for writing about Hogan's attack on the Duke of York . 7. That is, the Duke of York. As commander-in-chief he was prosecuting The Examiner for printing articles about Hogan's grievances, but when member of parliament Colonel Wardle brought Mary Anne Clarke before parliament, the Duke was forced to drop the case against The Examiner. |
| Transcript By |
Brewer, Luther Cheney, David R. (David Raymond), 1922-2006 |
| Transcript Location | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Letter Published In | Luther A. Brewer, ed. My Leigh Hunt Library, the Holograph Letters. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1938, p. 41. |
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