Autograph letter signed : London, to [Thomas Raikes], 1841 Jan. 26.

Record ID: 
332632
Accession number: 
MA 1026.39
Author: 
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Credit: 
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.

Summary: 

Concerning a meeting of Parliament and his ignorance of the Queen's speech. With a postscript mentioning that he dined with Lord Hertford and fifty peers yesterday.

Provenance: 
By descent to Raikes's grandson Percy B. Raikes; Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from F.G. Sweet, 1925.