BIB_ID
332588
Accession number
MA 1026.21
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1840 Nov. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
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
Referencing the new French administration; regretting the British actions at Constantinople as unfortunate, unnecessary and inconsistent; wishing that the British actions had been recalled before the French government had the opportunity to make demands.
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