Autographed note
1810.
1 page, 7 x 4.5 inches, no place, unsigned, January 4, 1810, written just three months after being wounded in a duel with his foe Lord Castlereah, in full: "This is merely to acknowledge & to thank you for your letter of Wednesday. There is one sentence in the Coronation which I wish you had heard the Tenor, with whom you were conversing." Note: on September 21, 1809, Canning, then serving as the Foreign Secretary and Lord Castlereah, the British Minister of War, fought a duel in which Canning was struck by a bullet in the thigh. He resigned his office thereafter and only returned to politics upon the assassination of Spencer Percival. Very good condition.
British Statesman and Prime Minister for the last four months of his life.
Binding: Unbound
Condition: Very Good
Language: English
Price: $150.00
Item #279617