Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : "Gloucester Lodge" [London], to [Lord Richard] Wellesley, 1810 Sept. 2.

BIB_ID
376086
Accession number
MA 854.61
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1810 Sept. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.1 cm
Notes
At top of p. [1]: "Private."
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
Telling him that he is much better this morning and is "setting out for Claremont"; noting that he will be going to Hinckley after Claremont; mentioning that he hopes to have letters from Wellesley that provide "commentary & interpretation"; writing, "I do not ask if it be true that you are sending Miranda [Francisco de Miranda?] -- But if it be, I doubt the policy of doing so."