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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 27

Documents
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
1813 (2 October) A.L.S. marked "Private", possibly to a foreign statesman, the blank second page has been removed. The letter reads, " ... Have just sign’d and return’d the treaties to the office. Hope they will arrive in time for tonight’s mail. I was very much amused by your comments on the Bohemian Campaign. The next mails will probably bring as interesting intelligence from the armies of the Prince Royal and Blücher. – I find much benefit from the fine air of this place, more especially as it has not been polluted by any French gunpowder from the opposite coast ...".. The recipient’s name has been cut out and this lot includes a Zwickau-published engraved portrait of Castlereagh. Photo

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry KG GCH PC PC (1769 – 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh was an Irish/British statesman. As British Foreign Secretary, from 1812 he was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon and was the principal British diplomat at the Congress of Vienna. Castlereagh was also leader of the British House of Commons in the Liverpool government from 1812 until his suicide in August 1822.

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