Record ID:
352940
Accession number:
MA 697.4
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description:
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.6 cm
Notes:
Written on mourning paper from "aux eaux de Liebenstein, [illegible] de Saxe Meimingen."
The signature of this letter is not entirely clear and there is no indication of the recipient; authorship has been ascribed to Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar based on the contents of the letter.
It is possible that his niece is Helene of Mecklenburg (1814-1858), the wife of Ferdinand, Duke of Orleans, who died from the flu on May 17, 1858.
This letter is tipped in at page 48.
Part of the autograph collection of Madame Arthaud. Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary:
Thanking her for her expression of sympathy on the death of his niece.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1910.
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