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Letter from María Manuela Kirkpatrick, condesa de Montijo, Madrid, to an unidentified recipient, 1850 November 6 : autograph manuscript signed.

Record ID: 
426213
Accession number: 
MA 2917
Author: 
Montijo, María Manuela Kirkpatrick, condesa de, -1879.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1972.
Description: 
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.8 x 13.6 cm
Notes: 

The Condesa de Montijo addresses the recipient of the letter only as "Ma chere Mme Camille." Given the subject of the letter, she may have been a dressmaker.
Acquired as part of a collection of documents of French royalty.

Summary: 

Concerning payment of an earlier bill and a new order for "une robe de taffetas chine pompadour blanche ou vert."

Provenance: 
Purchased at the Carnegie Book Shop, 26 June 1972.
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Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts