BIB_ID
375887
Accession number
MA 855.20
Display Date
[1809] Sept. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 18.4 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 identity of the author is uncertain; it is possible it is Lord Henry Bathurst or perhaps Charles Arbuthnot, both of whom were close friends of the Marquess Wellesley; it is simply signed with an initial and the initial is unclear.
The identity of the author is uncertain; it is possible it is Lord Henry Bathurst or perhaps Charles Arbuthnot, both of whom were close friends of the Marquess Wellesley; it is simply signed with an initial and the initial is unclear.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Explaining in detail and at length the issues surrounding the resignations of George Canning, Lord Castlereagh and the Duke of Portland; discussing the possible offer of the War Department position to Wellesley; discussing the issues surrounding the creation of a new government that might impact the offer to Wellesley and also the complication of Wellesley's relationship to Canning.
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