Record

Document Reference	Pw M 346
Title	Letter from Prudence Penelope Cavendish Bentinck, Paris, to Rawdon Brown; 1 Oct. 1860
Date	1 October 1860
Extent	2 ff (plus envelope)
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Expresses regret at leaving his company and thanks him for his hospitality in Venice. Describes their journey back home, including seeing the victory flags flying at Bergamo [the town defeated the Austrians to become part of Italy in 1860]. Urges him to read G. James's letter in Galignani's Literary Gazette about Garibaldi's troops. Reports that Prince Albert has lost his Mama so everyone is feeling very low at Court. News about Lady Frederick Bentinck's health. Pw M 346/2 is an envelope addressed to Rawdon Brown esqr, Casa della Vida, San Marcuola, Venice. Postmarked 1 Oct. '60. Envelope contains a postscript concerning a book and some china.
Term	wars, Second Italian War of Independence
Term	armies, Italian

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6278	Garibaldi; Giuseppe (1807-1882); General	1807-1882
NA1108	Bentinck; Prudence Penelope Cavendish- (-1896); Mrs; née Leslie; daughter of Charles Powell Leslie; married George A.F. Cavendish-Bentinck in 1851	-1896
NA650	Brown; Rawdon Lubbock (1803-1883); historian; editor of Calendars of Venetian State Papers	1803-1883
NA37417	Bentinck; Mary (-1862); Lady; Lady Frederick Bentinck; née Lowther dau. of 1st Earl of Lonsdale; wife of Lord W.F.C. Bentinck	-1862