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Creator: |
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
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Title: |
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington Collection |
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Dates: |
1810-1852, undated |
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Extent: |
2 boxes (.84 linear feet)
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Abstract: |
Includes military documents and letters written by (or on behalf of) the Anglo-Irish
soldier and statesman Arthur Wellesley, who was named the first Duke of Wellington
after his defeat of Napoleon I at Waterloo. The majority of the letters are written
to evangelist Miss A. M. Jenkins (93 letters), a Mrs. Jones (28 letters), Sir Robert
Kennedy (11 letters), and to his nephew William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley, 4th Earl
of Mornington (10 letters). |
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Call Number: |
Manuscript Collection MS-4460 |
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Language: |
English and French |