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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters of and concerning the Duke of Wellington |
| Date | 15 Mar 1835 - 1839 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Wellesley, Arthur (1st Duke of Wellington); Wellesley, Gerald |
| Theme | Business and Finance; Politics, Society and Religion |
| Description | Letters from and concerning Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, relating to his "Dispatches" and other matters. |
| Folio Information |
(1) Letters of Wellington to John Murray II. (i) Note, 6 January 1835 (frank : 7 January 1835), of Wellington to John Murray II stating that he hoped to call on Murray on “Thursday” and that he desired his letters to be kept at Murray’s house. (ii) Letter, 19 January 1837, of Wellington to John Murray II requesting that Murray sends to him “as soon as they are published, the correct report of Sir R. Peel’s speeches at Glasgow”. (iii) Letter, 9 November [“Novr”] 1839 (postmark : 10 December 1839), of Wellington to John Murray II concerning a letter of “Mr Hope the Dean of Faculty & the Lord Chancellor”. (2) Letters of Wellington to other recipients. (iv) Letter, 9 ?June 1835, of Wellington to “My dear Colonel”. (v) Letter, 10 February 1837, of Wellington to Captain M[?], Royal Navy, acknowledging the receipt of the Captain’s journal and offering to meet with him “to converse upon it”. (3) Letters concerning Wellington. (vi) Letter, 14 March [1835] (postmark : 17 March 1835), of Gerald Wellesley to John Murray II requesting that the second volume of the Duke of Wellington’s “Dispatches” be sent to him. (vii) Note, 16 February 1836 (watermark : 1827), of Robert Montgomery Martin forwarding “Lord Wellesley’s Autograph” to ?John Murray II. The note includes annotations in the hand of John Murray II concerning a portrait of Wellington drawn by Samuel Lawrence, after the bust by Joseph Nollekens, and engraved by Edward Finden. |
| Keywords | politics history government publishing friendship authors |
| People | Wellesley, Arthur (1st Duke of Wellington) Murray, John II Peel, Robert (2nd Baronet) |
| Places | London; United Kingdom |
| NLS Collection | Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related papers |
| NLS Reference | MS.42585 |
| Disclaimer | Folio information comes from the library catalogue and is correct to the best of our knowledge. |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |