BIB_ID
409140
Accession number
MA 9238
Creator
Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Display Date
1823 March 1.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.2 x 18.3 cm
Notes
Marked "Private."
Canning addresses the letter to "Admiral Sir Sydney Smith." He gives the place of writing as the Foreign Office, which was located in London.
The letter appears to be written by the same secretary or clerk who wrote the letter to Mr. Peake on April 12, 1823 (MA 9240).
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of Alexis Brialmont, History of the life of Arthur, duke of Wellington (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1860); PML 7901-7916; volume VII, page 98.
Canning addresses the letter to "Admiral Sir Sydney Smith." He gives the place of writing as the Foreign Office, which was located in London.
The letter appears to be written by the same secretary or clerk who wrote the letter to Mr. Peake on April 12, 1823 (MA 9240).
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of Alexis Brialmont, History of the life of Arthur, duke of Wellington (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1860); PML 7901-7916; volume VII, page 98.
Summary
Informing Smith that "[e]very thing in the way of diplomatick appointments is absolutely full, and I can now only say [...] that I really do not at present forsee any opportunity for availing myself of the services which you are so good as to offer."
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