BIB_ID
376111
Accession number
MA 855.51
Creator
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834.
Display Date
1809 Sept. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.6 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Acknowledging his letter of the 23rd "and understanding it as an official signification of His Majesty's pleasure for my attendance in Town. I shall lose no time in repairing thither in humble obedience to His Majesty's Command. I must beg leave to defer untill my arrival all observations on the other matters to which that letter relates."
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