Excerpt from Report on the Manuscripts of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K. G., K. T., Preserved at Montagu House, Whitehall, Vol. 2: Part I Several of the more important series Of letters in this collection were edited by Archdeacon Coxe in 1821, and portions of one series, the Vernon Letters, by G. R. P. James in 1841 but the editors left entirely untouched many other interesting letters and papers, which are dealt with in the present volume. Much has been written of the political life and character of Charles Talbot, Earl and Duke of Shrewsbury, but little seems to have been known about his early days, when he was a minor under the guardianship Of the Earl of Cardigan, his grandfather, and others. Here we have a series Of his letters to Sir John Talbot, his uncle, beginning in 1673, when he was thirteen years Old, selections from which are given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.