BIB_ID
333469
Accession number
MA 1026.65
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1843 Jan. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.6 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 on "these times of political and democratical intrigue," noting that it is difficult to determine what are the true reports and fearing that the French government has been "a little hasty" with regards to the discord in Spain. With a postscript concerning the differences between the English and French Privy Councils.
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