BIB_ID
332591
Accession number
MA 1026.22
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1840 Nov. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.4 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.
With a draft of Raikes's response on the verso.
With a draft of Raikes's response on the verso.
Provenance
By descent to Raikes's grandson Percy B. Raikes; Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from F.G. Sweet, 1925.
Summary
Remarking that the speech [of the King] was "as moderate as could have been desired" and hoping that the British government will "act as it ought" and facilitate Louis Philippe's "execution of his purpose."
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