BIB_ID
333511
Accession number
MA 1026.80
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1843 Nov. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
N.B. Wellington is probably referring to the uprising by the Greek Army in Athens on 3 September 1843.
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
Discussing the revolution in Greece, noting "there can be no doubt that it was the result of a very private conspiracy."
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