BIB_ID
301846
Accession number
MA 656.111
Creator
Marie-Amélie, Queen, consort of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, 1782-1866.
Display Date
1815 July 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
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
Saying that she did not write earlier because she was sad and ill; discussing the political turmoil of May 1815 [Hundred Days of Napoleon] which forced her and her family to flee to England; telling her about her life near London; fearing civil war in France; mentioning the reinstatement of her father [Ferdinand I] on the throne of Naples.
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