BIB_ID
333530
Accession number
MA 1026.84
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1845 Sept. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (11 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Initial sheet is house at end of volume following MA 1026.99.
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 influence of democracy on British politics, noting that the Prime Minister and the Government find themselves pushing legislation "not according to their notions of what may be wise for the country; but of what the may be able to carry through both Houses of Parliament" and referring to Irish politics.
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