Autograph letter from a William Pitt (apparently not William Pitt, Earl of Chatham) to Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. Rathbone Place, April 12, 1729. 2 pp. The correspondent apologizes for the delay in answering Lord Strafford's letter because of "the great illness of my Wife who was soe bad that I thought should have lost her" and continues to thank him for hiring a Mr. Lee to oversee "Hockinden farme" (perhaps Hockenden, south-east of London). Together with a typed transcription. Toning; overall fine. 4.5 x 7 inches (11.2 x 18 cm).

Lieutenant-General Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (of the 2nd creation), KG, known as Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron Raby from 1695 to 1711, was a diplomat and First Lord of the Admiralty. His paternal grandfather, Sir William Wentworth of Ashby Puerorum, was a younger brother of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593–1641).