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Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Raikes, 1841 Apr. 3.

BIB_ID
333220
Accession number
MA 1026.51
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1841 Apr. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 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
Lamenting Lord Granville's misfortune; noting that the treaty (probably the London Straits Convention, signed 13 July 1841) has not yet been signed but believing that "that stage of the transactions is not far distant."