BIB_ID
108111
Accession number
MA 771.1
Creator
Catherine, de Wurtemberg, Queen, consort of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1783-1835.
Display Date
1814 Nov. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 19.6 cm
Notes
Also signed by Jerome.
Ernest Gayl was an aide-de-camp to Jerome Bonaparte.
Part of a large collection of letters related to Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia; see main record for MA 771 for more information.
Watermark: silhouette of Napoleon encircled by the motto "Napoleon Empereur et roi." Countermark: crowned eagle.
With seal.
Ernest Gayl was an aide-de-camp to Jerome Bonaparte.
Part of a large collection of letters related to Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia; see main record for MA 771 for more information.
Watermark: silhouette of Napoleon encircled by the motto "Napoleon Empereur et roi." Countermark: crowned eagle.
With seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Imbert in 1911.
Summary
Requesting that he go to Paris to retrieve her diamonds and other personal effects after he speaks to Comte de Zeppelin.
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