1814 George EDEN rip-roaring letter on Peninsular Wars etc. Earl of Auckland

Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - "THE GREAT BUBBLE IS BURST AT LAST AND THE ALLIES APPEAR COMPLETELY BEATEN, SOLICITING AN ARMISTICE INSTEAD OF GRANTING A PEACE - DIVIDED, FLYING AND IN GREAT DANGER OF HAVING THEIR RETREAT CUT OFF."-EDEN (George, 1st Earl of Auckland, English Whig politician and colonial administrator. He was thrice First Lord of the Admiralty and also served as Governor-General of India between 1836 and 1842. The city of Auckland, New Zealand, was named after him, 1784-1849)Original hand written and signed letter from George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, full of vigour and energy, giving his thoughts on the state of the Peninsular War, and on other matters, including the speaker's bowel problems and the prince's 'dropsical', March 1814.Manuscript letter, written in black ink on all four sides of a bifolium of laid writing paper (watermarked with the year '1805'). Addressed 'Dear Lemon' [Charles Lemon] with date and place 'Lincoln's Inn, March 5th 1814'. Signed at foot of last page 'G. Eden'. Very Good condition. Old narrow mounting stub running along central fold, partly obscuring a few letters at the fore-edge of the last page. Ink blot to a capital 'T' on the first page. Folds for mailing. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.A rip-roaring letter from George Eden to fellow parliamentarian Charles Lemon (1784-1868). They were students together at Christ Church, Oxford, before they each started careers in politics. Their familiarity is reflected in the breezy, at times humorous, tone of Eden's letter. After a brief introduction "... your sister told me that a dish of politics was always well received by you", Eden muses on the current state of the Peninsular War, including Napoleon's successes (probably in the Six Days' Campaign) and Wellington's advance through France - ("The allies appear to be completely beaten ... The report of Lord Wellington’s victorious passage of the Adour is I am willing to believe likely to be verified ... It is said to be the plan to march Bayonne with a Spanish army of 30,000 and to proceed with the others to the Garonne and to occupy Bourdeaux ... ").And he concludes with a humorous account of the Speaker's [Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester] recent health problems - "Our speaker has been very ill with an inflammation in his bowels ... after an immense dose of senna he exclaimed 'strangers must withdraw' and he took the chair and if any one had been present the nose would have had it", and Lord Cochrane's woes on the stock market ("[he] is in a great scrape as having been at the bottom of the hoax..."). ⁂ The Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814 was a hoax centered on false information about the Napoleonic Wars, affecting the London Stock Exchange. key words:

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