BIB_ID
417745
Accession number
MA 9858.12
Creator
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805.
Display Date
London, England, 1796 June 10.
Credit line
Gift of John F. Fleming, 1985.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.2 x 18.6 cm
Notes
Cornwallis lists the place of writing as Whitehall.
The second leaf of the letter has been cut away, showing part of a docket.
In the published edition of Cornwallis's correspondence, the colonel mentioned in this letter is identified as Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington. See Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis, edited by Charles Derek Ross (London : John Murray, 1859), Volume II, page 305, for additional information.
Previously accessioned as MA 4586 (15).
The second leaf of the letter has been cut away, showing part of a docket.
In the published edition of Cornwallis's correspondence, the colonel mentioned in this letter is identified as Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington. See Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis, edited by Charles Derek Ross (London : John Murray, 1859), Volume II, page 305, for additional information.
Previously accessioned as MA 4586 (15).
Summary
Introducing Colonel Wesley ("Lieutenant-Colonel of my Regiment") and writing of him: "He is a sensible Man and a good Officer, and will I have no doubt conduct himself in a manner to merit your approbation."
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