Record ID:
356126
Accession number:
MA 709.2
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.5 cm
Notes:
It is unclear whether the letter is written from Bad Ems (Germany) or Ems (Switzerland); Bad Ems seems the more likely of the two since it was frequented by European royalty in the 19th century.
Docketed.
Part of a collection of letters from Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, to Queen Charlotte (his mother) and Captain Charles Jones. Letters are described in individual records; see record for MA 709 for more information.
Summary:
Complaining about how long it is taking letters to reach him; giving a bad report of Ems, and noting that Tunbridge Wells is "a palace in comparison to this rat hole"; telling Jones that people keep trying to cheat him; discussing other news and family matters.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
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