BIB_ID
375621
Accession number
MA 855.1
Creator
Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842.
Display Date
[1809].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (18 p.) ; 26.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from and to George Canning. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 854-855 for more detail.
The draft is undated, however an autograph duplicate copy of the statement signed by Lord Wellesley (MA 855.2) is dated "Seville, October 7th - 1809."
The draft is undated, however an autograph duplicate copy of the statement signed by Lord Wellesley (MA 855.2) is dated "Seville, October 7th - 1809."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Being a rough draft of a statement relative to events concerning Mr. Canning and Lord Wellesley in the Spring of 1809; with extensive additions and revisions throughout.
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