BIB_ID
375377
Accession number
MA 755.21
Creator
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Display Date
1820 Apr. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
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.
With Caroline's seal mounted separately below the letter.
With Caroline's seal mounted separately below the letter.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1911.
Summary
Expressing gratitude for her "kind communication"; noting that she is sending this letter "though the channel of alderman [Matthew] Wood"; telling her, "I shall find a courier the moment I arrive at Calais and you must meet me there by the first of May."
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