An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Title:
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington Collection
Dates:
1810-1852, undated
Extent:
2 boxes (.84 linear feet)
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).
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-4460
Language:
English and French
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Michael Ramsey, 2011
Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations
commonly used in descriptions.
