BIB_ID
375940
Accession number
MA 855.28
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1809 Aug. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Canning poses two questions concerning the resignation of the Duke of Portland in a letter dated August 28, 1809 (MA 855.27); Perceval replies with answers to the questions in a letter dated August 29, 1809 (MA 855.29).
Docketed.
Marked "Private & Confidential" and "Copy."
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.
Docketed.
Marked "Private & Confidential" and "Copy."
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Thanking him for the answers to his questions; saying that he feels uncomfortable in bringing up the subject of resignation with the Duke of Portland "unless he shall himself have originated, or at least authorized the discussion."
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