BIB_ID
333468
Accession number
MA 1026.64
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1842 Dec. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 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.
Written on mourning paper.
Written on mourning paper.
Provenance
By descent to Raikes's grandson Percy B. Raikes; Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from F.G. Sweet, 1925.
Summary
Remarking on the surprising events in Barcelona (probably the Bombardeo de Barcelona, which took place on 3 December), and hoping that "these Spanish affairs do not again involve the world in difficulties and eventual misfortunes."
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