BIB_ID
333233
Accession number
MA 1026.58
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 (2 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Followed on p. 3 by a draft of Raikes's response.
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
Noting that he does not have access to the foreign post every day and must attend the House of Lords daily; hoping that the general peace will be permanet, but noting "we are not yet out of our difficulties with the United States."
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