BIB_ID
306296
Accession number
MA 2889.84
Creator
Marie-Amélie, Queen, consort of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, 1782-1866.
Display Date
1863 Sept. 1.
Credit line
Purchased, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Dated "1re 7bre 1863."
Envelope with seal and addressed to "A Son Altesse Royale / Monseigneur le Duc d'Alençon / á Ségovia."
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."
Envelope with seal and addressed to "A Son Altesse Royale / Monseigneur le Duc d'Alençon / á Ségovia."
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."
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fund in 1970.
Summary
Saying she was happy to learn that he will continue his studies and remain with the artillery; discussing his father [Louis d'Orléans] and other relatives, including Gaston and the Joinvilles; mentioning that the Chartres' dined with King Léopold.
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