BIB_ID
301816
Accession number
MA 656.93
Creator
Marie-Amélie, Queen, consort of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, 1782-1866.
Display Date
1810 May 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.7 cm
Notes
Labeled "No. 12" by Marie-Amélie.
Part of a large collection of letters from Queen Marie-Amélie to her former governess la baronne de Mandell. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a large collection of letters from Queen Marie-Amélie to her former governess la baronne de Mandell. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Apologizing for not writing sooner; asking after her; giving her news of her family; saying that she gets along well with the Duke of Orléans and that she may be pregnant; mentioning an earthquake [in Palmermo].
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