BIB_ID
356126
Accession number
MA 709.2
Creator
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851.
Display Date
1819 Aug. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.5 cm
Notes
Docketed.
It is unclear whether the letter is written from Bad Ems (Germany) or Ems (Switzerland); Bad Ems seems the more likely of the two since it was frequented by European royalty in the 19th century.
Part of a collection of letters from Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, to Queen Charlotte (his mother) and Captain Charles Jones. Letters are described in individual records; see record for MA 709 for more information.
It is unclear whether the letter is written from Bad Ems (Germany) or Ems (Switzerland); Bad Ems seems the more likely of the two since it was frequented by European royalty in the 19th century.
Part of a collection of letters from Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, to Queen Charlotte (his mother) and Captain Charles Jones. Letters are described in individual records; see record for MA 709 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
Summary
Complaining about how long it is taking letters to reach him; giving a bad report of Ems, and noting that Tunbridge Wells is "a palace in comparison to this rat hole"; telling Jones that people keep trying to cheat him; discussing other news and family matters.
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