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

Autograph letter signed : London, to Col. [Merrick] Shawe, 1824 Sept. 29.

BIB_ID
376256
Accession number
MA 854.85
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1824 Sept. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
At top of p. [1]: "Private & Confidential."
Merrick Shawe was Lord Richard Wellesley's personal secretary.
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
Remarking that he sees "from Dublin newspapers that great offense is taken at [Canning's] having sent a card to Dr. Murray"; .