BIB_ID
375325
Accession number
MA 755.19
Creator
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Display Date
1820 July 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Henry Brougham acted as Caroline's lawyer, and James Brougham, his brother, travelled to Italy in 1820 to find witnesses to testify on Caroline's behalf at the proceedings instigated by George IV to strip her of her title and to dissolve their marriage by act of parliament.
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.
Henry Brougham acted as Caroline's lawyer, and James Brougham, his brother, travelled to Italy in 1820 to find witnesses to testify on Caroline's behalf at the proceedings instigated by George IV to strip her of her title and to dissolve their marriage by act of parliament.
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
Directing Coutts to give James Brougham £200 for a trip to Germany and "also a letter of credit for Trieste, Malta, Constantinople, and Palermo."
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