BIB_ID
221068
Accession number
MA 7352.2
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1797 Jan. 12.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Followed by a typed transcript of the letter.
Part of a collection of an autograph letter signed, a printed letter signed, an envelope, and seven engraved portraits of George Canning. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 7352.1-10).
Part of a collection of an autograph letter signed, a printed letter signed, an envelope, and seven engraved portraits of George Canning. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 7352.1-10).
Provenance
H. Gail Davis (bookplate); from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Explaining that the recipient's letter of the 4th did not reach him until yesterday, the 11th; expressing his pleasure at "the account of the measures that have been taken at Bath"; noting that the "Bath address will be inserted in the Gazette of Saturday"; saying that he hopes that other parts of the country will follow the example set by Bath; mentioning a pamphlet.
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