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Autograph letter signed : "F[oreign] O[ffice]" [London], to [Lord Richard] Wellesley, 1825 Dec. 15.

BIB_ID
376393
Accession number
MA 854.104
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1825 Dec. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.7 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Explaining why he did not answer Wellesley's letter more promptly; answering Wellesley's questions about "the most expedient mode of dealing with" an unidentified "printed paper."