BIB_ID
333509
Accession number
MA 1026.79
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1843 Oct. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.3 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
Mentioning mutual acquaintances who have been visiting since Raikes's departure; mentioning Montrond's death-bed conversion to Christianity; remarking on the successful measures in Ireland. With a postscript noting that he hears "nothing authentic of Spain" and fears that the powers and means of government are destroyed, noting that "A Popular Assembly is no substitute for these in any country."
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