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MSS 280.F1.1

Collection Title

Folder 1

Collection Identifier

MSS 280.F1.1

Inclusive date(s)

1843

Scope and Content

Handwritten cover letter by Arthur Wellesley (July 1843) and invitation to Lord Lyndhurst, signed the 'Duke of Wellington'
Reproduction of drawing of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington by Robert Dighton (c1752-1814)
Miscellaneous biographical notes
Extracts from the diary of Charles Greville (1794-1865) - handwritten notes found in The life of Wellington : the restoration of the martial power of Great Britainby Sir Herbert Maxwell, 6th edition (part of Wellesley Collection of rare books)
Extract from The Unknown Dominion by Bruce Hutchinson (page 161)
Family tree and notes - handwritten
Articles:
'There Really is a No. 1 London' by Webster Fawcett, from Pocket Book Weekly, 30 August 1947, pp. 40-41
'The Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo', from Better Business, November 1948, pp. 77-78
Cuttings:
'Wellington Would Have Laughed at Europe's New Napoleon', Everybody's Weekly, 17 May 1941, p. 5
'Wellington the Man' by Desmond McCarthy, The Listener, 18 September 1941, pp. 401-402
'The Lord Warden', The Listener, 2 October 1941, p. 461
'Walmer Castle: PM's Post-war Home' by N. Cramer, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 1944
Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings

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