BIB_ID
332563
Accession number
MA 1026.9
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1840 Oct. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to Raikes in Paris.
N.B. The British and Austrian Navies shelled Sidon and Beiruit on 11 September 1840.
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.
N.B. The British and Austrian Navies shelled Sidon and Beiruit on 11 September 1840.
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 cannot understand the attack on Beiruit or whether any force was engaged except the Ottoman.
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