BIB_ID
359787
Accession number
MA 826.19
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1812 Oct. 8-9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, to Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 826 for more information.
With trace of a seal.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
Summary
Discussing the Napoleonic Wars, especially Napoleon's invasion of Russia; noting that it is "a blessing" that they live "in an island"; mentioning Lord Wellington.
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