Wellesley, Arthur, Duke of Wellington
ALS regarding train travel with horses
£238
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
ALS, FM The Duke of Wellington, written in the third person to the Director in charge of the Deal South East Rail Station, requesting tickets to depart Deal at 9:10am for London and noting he "will require tickets for two carriages and boxes for four pair horses and trucks to carry the same", signed 'W', accompanied by envelope, dated Walmer Castle 7th October 1849; and another envelope, signed Wellesley (2)