BIB_ID
376151
Accession number
MA 854.73
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1821 Aug. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.8 cm
Notes
At top of p. [1]: "Private."
Endorsed; recipient is from endorsement.
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.
Written on mourning stationery.
Endorsed; recipient is from endorsement.
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.
Written on mourning stationery.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Sending "a most extraordinary letter" he received from Lord H.[?]; asking him to tell him if he has" heard anything from India, in the same sense as Ld. H's Letter"; wondering if Mr. Elphinstone has heard anything; noting that "surely Ld. H. is one of the most wrongheaded of heroes & statesmen."
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