BIB_ID
332676
Accession number
MA 1026.42
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1841 Feb. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
Followed on p. 3 by a manuscript note, possibly in the hand of Raikes, noting that "two or three hours after writing this letter, the Duke was seized in the House of Lords with an attack of giddiness" and had to be helped home.
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.
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
Hoping that the King's fortification strategy turns out to be advantageous; remarking that the Turkish-Egyptian affair [the Oriental Crisis of 1840] appears to be drawing to a close.
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