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Autograph letter signed : Shrewsbury Lodge [Blackheath], to her aunt, Queen Charlotte of Württemberg, 1804 Aug. 23.

BIB_ID
375429
Accession number
MA 755.23
Creator
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817.
Display Date
1804 Aug. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
On stationery with an embossed border.
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, "I assure you I love you very dearly for I know a great deal about you from Lady Elgin who wishes me to resemble you in everything thing"; hoping she will go to Windsor soon to see her grandparents [George III and Queen Charlotte]; noting, "I am much obliged to you for sending me so many pretty things and wish you and the Elector [Frederick I, King of Württemberg] were here and would bring my cousin Princess Theresa with you."