BIB_ID
120934
Accession number
MA 6786.1-52
Creator
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865.
Display Date
1846 July 16-1863 Aug. 28.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
52 items, unbound ; ca. 18-19 cm
Notes
Letters, each ca. 18-19 cm, are interleaved with the sheets (ca. 27 cm) of a larger notebook, which contain contemporary notes regarding the individual letters.
Provenance
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection.
Summary
The collection includes 50 letters from Léopold I to General Chazal; these letters are primarily on subjects related to the political and military problems of Belgium and on personal matters. The collection also contains an autograph letter signed from Queen Louise (MA 6786.2) to Madame Chazal and a memorandum from the Duke of Brabant [Léopold II] (MA 6786.32). Items are described in individual records (MA 6786.1-52).
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (29.7 cm)
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