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Autograph letter signed : Plaisance [i.e., Piacenza], to her uncle [Ferdinand of Austria], 1817 Nov. 5.

BIB_ID
306865
Accession number
MA 891.32
Creator
Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847.
Display Date
1817 Nov. 5.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 16.5 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 mourning paper.
Provenance
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Summary
Congratulating him on a newly formed union in his family; thanking him for sending news of Leopoldine; discussing botany at length; telling him about her daily life.