Scope and Contents: Letter from Lord North to William Eden: "I received the inclosed this evening from Mr Vardill. Perhaps the information may be of service to Col: Smith. I am sorry to tell you that I am more apprehensive than I was that there is some truth in the article of news concerning the engagement at Trenton. I am, dear Eden, yours most sincerely, North."
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Dated "Mon: Night. Febr: 10."
Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, June 24, 2008 (sale 16202, lot 162), through the Dorothy Vernon Gee Jackson Endowment Fund (In memory of Dorothy Vernon Gee Jackson by Richard Willett Jackson, Marianne Jackson, and William Thomas Jackson).