BIB_ID
376158
Accession number
MA 854.74
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1822 Mar. 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
At top of p. [1]: "Private & Confidential."
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.
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
Taking the opportunity of Mr. Blake's departure for Ireland to "recall [him]self to [Wellesley's] remembrance"; remarking that he has not yet congratulated Wellesley on his current station or announced to him that he now holds Wellesley's former office; discussing whether or not they should bring "the Catholick Question" to a vote.
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