BIB_ID
80812
Accession number
MA 177.177
Creator
Gwydir, Peter Burrell, Baron, 1754-1820.
Display Date
[1788-1795].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters related to the trial of Warren Hastings; see collection-level record (MA 176-177) for more information.
The letter is undated; the trial began in February 1788 and ended in April 1795.
The letter is undated; the trial began in February 1788 and ended in April 1795.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890.
Summary
Being a fragment of a reply to Mr. Wilberforce's letter (MA 177.176) requesting orders to allow his carriages to go from his house to the House of Lords without being detoured on the security route; denying his request and saying that such an order would have to come from the House of Lords but that he would have been bound to state his objections to such an order.
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