Record

Document Reference	Pl C 36/1
Title	Letter from M[argaret] C[avendish Bentinck Duchess of] Portland, Buxton, Derbyshire to John Achard, Whitehall, London; 7 Aug. 1766
Date	7 August 1766
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Wants Achard to carry Mr and Mrs De Crousaz to Bulstrode, if that is what they want; hopes Achard is in good health; reports that she is in a hurry going to Chatsworth for 2 or 3 days; hopes when she returns to meet Lady Harriet Grey. Writer identified by signature 'M.C. Portland'.
Condition	Unfit for production Fragile and very faint; partially indecipherable.
Related Material	Further correspondence from the writer to John Achard can be found in the Portland Collection in Nottingham University Library, reference Pw C.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA40601	Grey; Harriet (fl 1766); Lady	fl 1766
NA40602	Crousaz; S. de (fl 1753-1766); Madame; wife of Monsieur L. De Crousaz of Lausanne	fl 1753-1766
NA40603	Crousaz; L. de (fl 1743-1788); Monsieur; latterly of Lausanne; annuitant under the will of Margaret Duchess of Portland	fl 1743-1788
NA1079	Bentinck; Margaret Cavendish (1715-1785); Duchess of Portland; née Cavendish-Harley; dau. of 2nd Earl of Oxford; m 2nd Duke of Portland 1734	1715-1785
NA1049	Achard; John (-1770); tutor to 2nd Duke of Portland	-1770