BIB_ID
295711
Accession number
MA 892.25
Creator
Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1826-1920.
Display Date
1887 Jan. 5.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a collection of 32 letters from Empress Eugénie to Lucien-Louis-Joseph-Napoleon Bonaparte. Letters are described in individual records (MA 892.1-32).
With postmark.
Written on mourning stationery.
With postmark.
Written on mourning stationery.
Summary
Acknowledging the reception of his letter; grieving deeply; saying that the last 10 years have been hard but that June 1st [1879] dealt her a severe blow and destroyed all forms of happiness.
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