George Sackville-West, letter re. gambling & the fate of Horace Beckford, c1825. 'Sir, having understood from Vansittart that he had made known to you the unpleasant situation of our friend Horace Beckford, and that you had consented to join us in our endeavours to extricate him from his difficulties, I take the liberty of informing you (Vansittart being out of town) that it is of the greatest consequence the money should be raised as soon as possible to silence the demands of his creditors.
