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Queens -- Great Britain -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Proclamation, 1713

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197233283149], Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed proclamation dated 15 Feb. 1713. Anne authorizes William Lownder, "Our Exchequer," to provide not more than 20,000 pounds for "Our Secret Services."



Dates: 1713
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection

Victoria letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294419]
Identifier: Vault MSS 701
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated October 7, 1855 and written at Balmoral Castle. Victoria writes about her visit with the French emperor Napoleon III. She describes the personality of the emperor and relates her impressions of her tour around Paris. Victoria also expresses her great satisfaction with the proposal of Prince Frederick William of Prussia to marry her daughter "Vicky" as well as with hearing the news of the fall of Sevastopol'.

Dates: 1855 October 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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