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Autograph letter signed : Cadiz, Spain, to his wife, Marie-Amélie, 1810 July 26.

BIB_ID
300871
Accession number
MA 2888.34
Creator
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850.
Display Date
1810 July 26.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.4 cm
Notes
Much of the letter is written in numerical code; and a portion of the letter partially written with invisible ink (probably lemon juice).
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
Informing her that the numbers on the first page don't mean anything but that they do thereafter; asking her to be strong in his absence.