Record

Document Reference	Pl C 52/110
Title	Letter from J. King, Whitehall, London to [W.H.C. Bentinck] 3rd Duke of Portland; 17 Sept. 1801
Date	17 September 1801
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Sends a request from Joe Smith, who is a subscriber to the Grand Junction Canal; asks that the duke consult with Sir C. Baynes on this matter; mentions that he will go to Bath with Mrs King next week and will return the first week in October when Lord Pelham will visit the Duke of Leeds for a few weeks; comments of the 'calm' there at the moment and wishes that they were now at the end of their negotiations; is surprised that they have not heard from their 'Paris friend' and if they hear nothing for a month will assume that this channel of information has stopped; adds that 'Abbot is playing the D- in Ireland' and comments in some detail on his actions there; comments on how long it is since he has seen the duke. Headed 'private and confidential'
Term	Irish affairs, politics
Term	canals, Grand Junction Canal

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA41436	Smith; Joe (fl 1801); Mr; subscriber to the Grand Junction Canal	fl 1801
NA22518	Osborne; George William Frederick (1775-1838); 6th Duke of Leeds; succ. 1799	1775-1838
NA9433	Abbot; Charles (1757-1829); 1st Baron Colchester; Speaker of House of Commons 1802-16	1757-1829
NA11411	Pelham; Thomas (1756-1826); Mr; grand tour 1775-1778; M.P. Sussex 1780-1801	1756-1826
NA41437	King; J. (fl 1801); Mr	fl 1801
NA905	Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 1762	1738-1809