BIB_ID
375303
Accession number
MA 755.18
Creator
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818.
Display Date
1803 Aug. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 11.4 cm + envelope
Notes
On stationery with a pink decorative border. The envelope (addressed "To Princess Charlotte") has an embossed floral border and blue edges.
Part of a collection of letters, documents, and engravings related to George IV, Queen Caroline, and Princess Charlotte. See main record for MA 755 for details.
Part of a collection of letters, documents, and engravings related to George IV, Queen Caroline, and Princess Charlotte. See main record for MA 755 for details.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1911.
Summary
Writing that she has had an "account ... of [her] good conduct" from Lady Elgin and would like Charlotte to visit them at Windsor if her "health will permit it, & [her] Papa [George IV] allow it"; adding that she will "be received with open arms by Grand Papa [George III], all [her] aunts, & not less so by [her] affectionate Grand Mother."
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