BIB_ID
375794
Accession number
MA 854.43
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1809 Aug. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
At top of p. [1]: "Private."
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.
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
Discussing wording in a dispatch related to "the magnitude of the force" [i.e. the number of troops]; mentioning Sir [George] Arthur; sending Wellesley the Gazette.
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