BIB_ID
332449
Accession number
MA 1026.1
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1840 Aug. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed to Raikes in Paris.
Part of a collection of letters from the Duke of Wellington to the banker and diarist Thomas Raikes. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level catalog record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters from the Duke of Wellington to the banker and diarist Thomas Raikes. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level catalog record for more information.
Provenance
By descent to Raikes's grandson Percy B. Raikes; Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from F.G. Sweet, 1925.
Summary
Concerning a decision recently made in Government, noting that "the peace of the world is the most important interest to His Majesty, and to every well-feeling person" and remarking that affairs ought not to be allowed to fall into the hands of others not equally interested in maintaining it.
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