BIB_ID
333562
Accession number
MA 1026.97
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1844 June 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 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 on a successful visit to England by the Emperor of Russia; noting that the pamphlet written by the Prince de Joinville has not been given much attention, except that an article ridiculing it appeared in Punch and Lord John Russell made a passing reference to it during a recent debate.
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