BIB_ID
332705
Accession number
MA 1026.49
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1841 Mar. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 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
Remarking that it is always difficult to tell how things will turn out, but noting that "accusations in public assemblies do not tend to conciliate peace among nations."
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