Autograph letter signed : "F[oreign] O[ffice]" [London], to [Lord Richard] Wellesley, 1825 Oct. 18.

Record ID: 
376387
Accession number: 
MA 854.102
Author: 
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.3 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.

Summary: 

Reporting that he is in town and has "sworn in [Wellesley's] messenger"; explaining why he "cannot date his appointment back to the date of the vacancy."

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.