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Extracts of two letters : place not specified, to Marie-Amélie, [1859].

BIB_ID
306027
Accession number
MA 2889.28
Display Date
[1859].
Credit line
Purchased, 1970.
Description
1 item (10 p.) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Being an extract from a letter from the Comte de Paris (5 1/2 p.) and an extract from a letter from the Duc de Chartres (4 1/2 p.).
Part of a large collection of letters from Queen Marie-Amélie to her grandson the Duc d'Alençon. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Written in an unknown hand.
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fund in 1970.
Summary
The Comte de Paris discusses at length his move from Assouan and his experience in Egypt; the Duc de Chartes gives an account of his trip to Thebes, Karnak and his journey down the Nile.