BIB_ID
333558
Accession number
MA 1026.95
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1844 May 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (4 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
Remarking that the tranquility of France is essential to the rest of Europe, and that France can only be tranquil if she is also prosperous; noting that the spirit of democracy "has made progress everywhere;" and alluding to an incendiary pamphlet written by the Prince de Joinville.
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