BIB_ID
300821
Accession number
MA 2888.5
Creator
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850.
Display Date
1810 May 26.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 24.5 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Louis Philippe to his wife, Marie-Amélie, during his 1810 voyage to Spain. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 2888 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fund in 1970.
Summary
Requesting that she save a note that he is forwarding and which contains information about his military career; recounting his journey between the Sicilian coast and Sardinia; giving her an account of the progress of the French army and how Napoleon's soldiers are treating the Spanish; saying that his boat is approaching the Balearic Isles.
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