BIB_ID
126897
Accession number
MA 709.1-21
Creator
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851.
Display Date
1815 June 13-1838 Apr. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 v. (21 items), bound ; 24.8 cm
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
Summary
Collection includes 15 autograph letters signed (some signed with initials) from Ernest Augustus to Captain Charles Jones (MA 709.1-15); an autograph statement signed by Ernest Augustus certifying Capt. Jones's military service (MA 709.16); an autograph draft of a letter from Ernest Augustus addressed to "your Royal Highness" but sent to Capt. Jones (MA 709.21); 2 autograph letters signed from Ernest Augustus to his mother, Queen Charlotte (MA 709.17-18); an autograph letter signed from George Fitz-Ernest (illegitimate son of Ernest Augustus) to Capt. Jones (MA 709.19); and an autograph letter from Princess Louise of Prussia to Capt. Jones (MA 709.20). Items in the collection are described in 21 individual records; please see MA 709.1-21 for more details.
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