BIB_ID
333546
Accession number
MA 1026.90
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1844 Feb. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.4 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
Thanking Raikes for his letter; writing that he hopes that "the good understanding between the countries may continue! But, considering the endeavours made by the Ministers, on both sides of the water, to interrupt it, its continuance can scarcely be expected"; remarking, in a postscript, that he is "one of those who do[es] not much admire the Slave-trade system" and that he trusts England can extricate itself from its current difficulties with regards to France.
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