BIB_ID
192978
Accession number
MA 4641
Creator
Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860.
Display Date
1821 Dec. 27.
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Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1989.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.1 cm.
Notes
Jerome married Elizabeth Patterson in 1803, but Napoleon would not acknowledge this marriage to a commoner, and would not allow "Miss Patterson" to enter any territory under French control. The marriage was annulled in 1807.
Substantial translation and background information in Lion Heart catalog 20.
Substantial translation and background information in Lion Heart catalog 20.
Summary
Angrily complaining to his mother that his former wife and their child have met and are staying with his sister Pauline, Princess Borghese, in Rome.
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