BIB_ID
332622
Accession number
MA 1026.36
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1841 Jan. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (6 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
Regretting to learn that England is so completely maligned in the French press; noting that the newspapers of both countries do mischief, but that at least public officials do not interfere with the press in England. Disagreeing that the Eastern Question could have been resolved simply between England and France without negotiating with Russia.
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