BIB_ID
306278
Accession number
MA 2889.71
Creator
Marie-Amélie, Queen, consort of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, 1782-1866.
Display Date
1861 Dec. 17.
Credit line
Purchased, 1970.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.5 cm
Notes
Dated "17 Xbre 1861."
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.
Stamped "Nemours Vendome." Labeled "No. 21" by Marie-Amélie.
Written on mourning paper.
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.
Stamped "Nemours Vendome." Labeled "No. 21" by Marie-Amélie.
Written on mourning paper.
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fund in 1970.
Summary
Informing him that Prince Albert died of typhoid fever; telling him about Queen Victoria's sorrow; saying that they are losing a true friend.
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