BIB_ID
333540
Accession number
MA 1026.86
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1844 Jan. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 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
Concerning French and English relations, remarking on the difficulty of paying the Duc de Bordeaux appropriate respects without jeopardizing England's apparent neutrality.
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