Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington letters and documents

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unitid

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{"value"=>"MssCol 3280", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1807-1866", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1807/1866"}

date_inclusive_start

1807

date_inclusive_end

1866

keydate

1807

date_start

1807

date_end

1866

unittitle

{"value"=>"Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington letters and documents"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The collection consists chiefly of letters, most in the hand of soldier and statesman Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, briefly acknowledging correspondence or confirming engagements. A clipped signature and autograph address leaf are included. Also present are a letter from John H. Pelly to Wellington enclosing copies of a document, 1841; a document written by the Knight of Kerry, 1866, certifying the text of a letter written by Wellington under the name of Wesley in 1796; and a manuscript ancestral chart of the Duke, undated."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington letters and documents, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased by the Lenox Library from the estate of George Bancroft, 1893; donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection; purchased from Stan. V. Henkels, 1921</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

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