Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : Ems, to [Captain Charles] Jones, 1819 Aug. 28.

BIB_ID
356133
Accession number
MA 709.5
Creator
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851.
Display Date
1819 Aug. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (2 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
Summary
Discussing their travel plans after leaving Ems; reporting that they will return to Berlin by [Sept.] 19; giving instructions for where to send letters.