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Autograph letter signed : Parma, to her uncle [Ferdinand of Austria], 1816 May 8.

BIB_ID
306831
Accession number
MA 891.11
Creator
Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847.
Display Date
1816 May 8.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Marie Louise to her uncle Ferdinand of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Letters have bee described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 891 for more information.
Written on embossed mourning paper.
Provenance
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Summary
Informing him of her arrival in Parma; rejoicing at the fact that she now has a home; saying that the only thing that she misses is her son; considering visiting him in Florence in the summer; telling him that she strives to make her subjects happy.