BIB_ID
375189
Accession number
MA 755.2
Display Date
1820 Jan. 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm
Notes
A printed document with manuscript additions and signatures.
On mourning stationery.
Part of a collection of letters, documents, and engravings related to George IV, Queen Caroline, and Princess Charlotte. See main record for MA 755 for details.
Signed by nine people including Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount Canterbury; John Scott, Earl of Eldon; Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; John Fane, Earl of Westmorland; Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount Melville; George Canning; and three unidentified signers.
With seal.
On mourning stationery.
Part of a collection of letters, documents, and engravings related to George IV, Queen Caroline, and Princess Charlotte. See main record for MA 755 for details.
Signed by nine people including Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount Canterbury; John Scott, Earl of Eldon; Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; John Fane, Earl of Westmorland; Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount Melville; George Canning; and three unidentified signers.
With seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1911.
Summary
Announcing the accession to the throne of George IV and telling the recipient "to cause the said Proclamation to be proclaimed and published in the usual Places within Your Jurisdiction with the Solemnities and Ceremonies accustomed to the like Occasion."
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