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Autograph letter signed with initials : "Somerset House" [London], to [Lord Richard] Wellesley, 1806 Feb. 12.

BIB_ID
375634
Accession number
MA 854.11
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1806 Feb. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
At top of p. [1]: "Private."
Docketed.
Endorsed: "Encloses a copy of verses on the death of Lord Nelson."
Part of a large collection of letters from and to George Canning. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 854-855 for more details.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Sending him verses on the death of Lord [Horatio] Nelson; lamenting the death of [William] Pitt.