BIB_ID
332593
Accession number
MA 1026.24
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1840 Nov. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.6 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
Mentioning the fortifications of Paris, noting that he could not say more in his last letter, and continuing to hope that they may preserve peace between England and France; discussing France's entanglement in the Oriental Crisis of 1840, mentioning the settlement of the Syrian affair, and the necessity of preserving peace in the Levant and in Europe. Mentioning upcoming travel plans of his own.
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