Kew [Palace], May 4, 1783. 1 1/2pp. on one 4to sheet; moderate creasing along folds, old cello tape repair and residue towards bottom of verso, forming an open frame for George III's signature; capital "G" of George III signature traversed by a vertical crease, the bottom of that "G" touched cello tape residue. To Lord Aylesbury [Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury], offering consolation after the death of Ailesbury's son, George Brudenell-Bruce, at the age of 21 years: " Lord Aylesbury is I trust too much convinced of my regard for him as well as my humanity to attribute my silence on the severe blow he has sustained to any cause but a wish of letting his own good leave calm his sorrows before I expressed any sentiments on so distressing an occasion,..."