BIB_ID
300835
Accession number
MA 2888.14
Creator
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850.
Display Date
1810 June 15-19.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (12 p.) ; 19.4 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
Recounting his sea journey to Gibraltar; mentioning the relations between the Sicilians and the parliament; informing her that he and several of his fellow travelers were seasick; discussing the French siege of Marbella; telling her about Sicilian and Portuguese squadrons and the stormy relationship between Sicily, Portugal, and Algeria.
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