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Relating to the bequest of Princess Sophia Matilda, a portrait of the late Duke of Gloucester, and a box of his letters

Leaving the painting by Joshua Reynolds of her late brother William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, as a boy to Trinity College. Signed and certified as a true copy by Alicia Gordon, Charlotte Cotes, Henry Legge and George Bankes.

Forwards a copy of a codicil to the will of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, leaving the Reynolds painting of her late brother William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, as a boy to Trinity College, and asks how the Executors should proceed.

The Joshua Reynolds painting of William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, left in a codicil to the will of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, to Trinity College, has been carefully packed and will leave London this day for Cambridge 'by Swan's Waggon'. Also being sent to Trinity is a 'Tin Box containing Papers & Correspondence of the late Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh...'.

Expresses the desire of the Executors that the Joshua Reynolds painting of William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester bequeathed to Trinity in a codicil to the will of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester should hang in the Hall of the college, as Princess Sophia Matilda wished.

Quotes from the will of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester in which she bequeaths the portrait of her brother Prince William Frederick by Sir Joshua Reynolds to be hung in the Hall. Also makes a reference to the portrait of Coke being held by Rowe until orders were given regarding it.