BIB_ID
332550
Accession number
MA 1026.3
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1840 Aug. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 18.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks 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
Saying he is glad to learn that the "minds of men are becoming calmer and more pacific in France;" noting that the secret treaty [the Convention of London, signed 15 July] was not actually secret; remarking that there is a difference of opinion between the French and English Cabinets concerning "the sultan and his vassal" [the developing Oriental Crisis of 1840].
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