Autograph Letter Signed ('Monteagle') from Thomas Spring Rice, Lord Monteagle [1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon] to his private secretary George S. Frederick of Horsey, Yarmouth, urging him to remain in Norfolk for the sake of his wife's health.

1p., 12mo. 11 lines in a somewhat shaky hand. Date added in pencil, presumably by Frederick. He is glad to learn that Frederick's wife has been 'deriving benefit from change of air & rest'. He counsels against the couple's returning to London, as this will 'run the risk that she should lose the benefit of either of these advantages'. If RIce's 'cold and inflammation should increase so as to be serious', he will let Frederick know and he can join him in London. In the meantime he urges him to 'stay quietly at your ease if you do not hear to the contrary'.