BIB_ID
161687
Accession number
MA 756.4
Creator
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1662.
Display Date
[1625?] Mar. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 31.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia; see collection-level record for MA 756.1-13 for more information.
The year of writing is not given however the letter refers to Albertus Morgan having been appointed to the Ambassadorship to France, a position he accepted in April 1624 but in which he appears not to have served. It also refers to Dr. Camerarius as "a Counsellor to the King" which he was until 1626. A possible date range of this letter may be April 1624 through 1626.
With two seals and pink silk tassels.
The year of writing is not given however the letter refers to Albertus Morgan having been appointed to the Ambassadorship to France, a position he accepted in April 1624 but in which he appears not to have served. It also refers to Dr. Camerarius as "a Counsellor to the King" which he was until 1626. A possible date range of this letter may be April 1624 through 1626.
With two seals and pink silk tassels.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1911.
Summary
Asking for his help upon "Hearing that you are designed to goe Ambassador to France;" asking if he might take with him the son of Doctor Camerarius, "a Counsellor to the King my husband" as "his father, who is not able to bear that having lost all he had for his fidelity to his Master."
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