BIB_ID
332611
Accession number
MA 1026.32
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1840 Dec. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 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
Saying he is glad to hear that the ceremony (of Napoleon I's return from St. Helena) was quiet; noting also that he is pleased that the allied governments have left this affair "entirely to the French themselves."
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