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Autograph letter signed with initials : "Gloucester Lodge" [London], to [Lord Richard] Wellesley, 1809 Sept. 28.

BIB_ID
375845
Accession number
MA 854.46
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1809 Sept. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
At top of p. [1]: "Private & Confidential."
Docketed.
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
Reporting that "the attempt at a coalition may be considered as having failed," and "what will follow next nobody knows"; mentioning Lord [Charles] Grey and Lord [William] Grenville.