| Content Description | Explains that he has been taken ill by a violent fever and so can only write very briefly; cannot give the duke a full explanation of his actions; explains that his letter of the 9th [Pl C 52/153] was written after he received a letter assuring him that the 4th regiment would always retain 2 battalions; if this contention was proved to be correct, explains that he might have altered the intentions he laid out in his letter of the 4th [Pl C 52/152]; however, a 'circumstance' has occurred in his family that means he has to decline altogether the post he was offered in St Vincent's; asks that when the duke sees the king that he mention Somerset's name on this matter and give the reasons for his refusal of the post that he gave in his former letter; when he is better, will explain his reasons in full to the duke. |