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Collection material is in English, French, German, Russian, Italian, and Portuguese.
In 1925 the Library received the John Boyd Thacher Collection consisting of rare examples of early printing, autographs of notable Europeans, and a sizable gathering of material on the French Revolution. To establish a memorial to her late husband, Mrs. John Boyd Thacher offered her late husband's collection of autographs. On January 25, 1925, she bequeathed to the Library this collection describing it as “all autograph letters, manuscripts, and documents written or subscribed by the Kings and Queens or other rulers of England, Germany, Spain, and Italy, including the Popes of Rome, and Rulers of France, including the Napoleonic collection.”
Arranged by country in alphabetical order. Therein, arranged ascending by date and then alphabetically by the individual writer's name.
The status of copyright in the John Boyd Thacher European Notable Autograph Collection in the custody of the Library of Congress is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The records of the John Boyd Thacher European Notable Autograph Collection are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, John Boyd Thacher European Notable Autograph Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Records of the autograph letters, manuscripts, and documents written or subscribed by the Kings and Queens or other rulers of England, Germany, Spain, and Italy, including the Popes of Rome, and Rulers of France, including the Napoleonic collection. The documents are written in the language of the country under which they appear unless otherwise indicated. There are often portraits of the writers included with the corresponding documents in the collection. The European Autographs of Notables is part of the larger collection of John Boyd Thacher.
The following abbreviations have been used:
This collection is arranged in 34 series:
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2015659589
d. s. 1422, request for a passport with one line in the hand of the King (in Norman French).
d. s. 1456, sign manual on a petition of John, Duke of Norfolk, for a passport to leave the kingdom to visit certain holy places.
d. s. Canterbury, Sept. 22, 1480, to the Duke of Austria, demanding the return of Margaret of England and ratifying the treaties between them (in French).
l. s. Barnard Castle, Aug. 12, [1480], signes as Duke of Gloucester, to a knight, concerning a dispute over property.
d. s. July 25, 1498, receipt for hose to Robert Litton, Knight. + l. s. Richmond, July 22, 1508, to Philip le Beau, King of Castile, congratulating him on having come to terms with his father-in-law [Ferdinand the Catholic] (in French).
d. s. Oct. 22, 1542, deed of church lands to Sir Anthony Browne.
a. l. s. Aug. 1 [ ], to the Duchess of Savoy, beseeching her to send a physician to attend her royal husband (in Spanish).
cut signature
l. s. June 27, 1546, orders to commissioners for the sale of the lordship of Morton in the county of Worcester.
d. s. Greenwich, June 4 [1522], order to Sir William Cavendish, treasurer of the chamber, to pay John Starkye, fletcher, a sum for money laid out on arrows, their cases and girdles.
d. s. Somerset Place, Dec. 6, 1548, Privy Council order for £25 as reward to Captain Ventura, an Italian, who came to offer service, signed also by Russsell, Dudley, and Paget.
d. s. [Rutland, Sept. 1557], fragment of instructions to a commission appointed to collect a loan.
l. s. Greenwich, June 29, 1568, to Catherine de Medici, with a thirteen line holograph substitution, referring to Mary Stuart who after her defeat at Langside had taken refuge in England. Elizabeth says she will never forget that Mary herself is a queen and a close relative (in French). -Folio, see Box 24
a. l. s. Holyrod, Dec. 4, 1584, personal letter to Sir Edward Nobbie.
d. s. Oct. 19, 1602, household appointment (in Latin with English postscript).
l. s. July 6, 1612, to his controller, concerning tithes to be gathered at Woodstock.
a. l. s. The Hague, Apr. 12 [ ], letter of affection (in French).
The fly leaf book containing his name written several times.
l. s. Edinburgh, June 15, 1567, personal letter to Nicholas Throckmorton.
l. s. Edinburgh, Dec. 16, 1528, to Cardinal Alexander Farnese, letter of courtesy (in Latin).
d. s. Nov. 7, 1520, receipt for a grant of 15,000 livres made to him by Francis I of France (in French).
l. s. Sept. 20, 1627, to the provost and bailiff of Edinburgh, letter of credence of the new provost. + a. l. s. Eden, Aug. 22, 1641, to his secretary, Sir Edward Nicholas, giving instructions of minor importance.
a. l. s. Oxford, Apr. 15 [1644], to Mazarin, recommending a gentleman returning to France by her consent after serving in the armies of England (in French).
d. s. Dec. 17, 1642, to Captain Vernon, demand to pay bearer George Baxton, a sum due Cromwell and his troops. + d. s. Whitehall, June 6, 1655, concerning payment of an award made by agreement with the United Provinces in the war of 1652-1654, to persons who had sustained damages by the Dutch East Indian Company in the East. + d. s. Oct. 12, 1657, and order to the Commissioners for the Admiralty. Also Dec., 1642, salary order for Cromwell then captain of a troop of arquebusiers, signed by Essex. Also Chelsea, Aug. 17, 1861, a letter from Thomas Carlyle to John Webster, discussing at length the significance of the above document, indicating the Cromwell must have fought at Edgehill as a Captain of Foot.
d. s. Whitehall, Mar. 26, 1658(?), to the Commissioners of the Admiralty, requesting the appointment of an officer to an important commission.
d. s. Nov. 17, 1648, a certificate of protection for Richard Anot.
a. l. s. Oxford, Apr. 21 [16--], to his cousin Prince Rupert, desiring the exchange of two prisoners of war, Major Jackson and Kilvers, a Cornet.
l. s. London, Nov. 25, 1662, to her brother, letter of courtesy (in Portuguese).
a. l. s. s. d., concerning military orders. + l. s. St. Germain-en-laye, Jan. 1689, to his cousin, letter of courtesy (in French).
a. l. s. St. Germain-en-laye, Feb. 25, 1717, note of thanks (in French).
d. s. Rome, July 7, 1749, appointment to the rank of brigadier general of Lt. Col. John Obrien, "given at our court at Rome, in the 48th year of our Reign," signed James R.
l. s. Rome, Jan. 25, 1742, to the Count of Bethune, protestation of friendship (in French).
a. l. s. 1818, to M. Boni, request to pay Charles send a sum of money (in French).
a. l. s. Paris, Apr. 19, 1788, certificate for a sum of money to be paid the Marquis Jerome Belloni (in French).
l. s. Bordeaux, Apr. 6, 1719, personal (in French).
d. s. Whitehall, Oct. 7, 1691, order to the Treasury to pay royal bounties, among them one to James Roach, £20 for winning the Derry River to give notice to Londonderry that relief from the siege was en route, signed also by Godolphin, Lowther, R. Hampden, T. Pelham + a. l. s. Loo, Mar. 12 [ ], personal letter to Lady Bellasie, inviting correspondence.
d. s. Jan. 20, 1692, an assignment of £5000 to Casper Frederick Henning for the Royal Gardens, signed also by Godolphin, John Lowther, R. Hampden.
d. s. May 21, 1707, receipt, + d. s. Dec. 24, 1707, receipt, + d. s. July, 24, 1714, order to Robert Earl of Oxford to pay Daniel Arthur £2000 in satisfaction of a Bill of Exchange drawn upon Paris by Matthew Prior.
d. s. Nov. 20, 1705, to Edward Nicholas, treasurer, and receiver general of the Royal Household, instructions to pay the salary of J. G. Hugk, newly appointed secretary for the affairs of the Royal Household, signed also by Hugk.
d. s. Hanover, Feb. 5, 1708, as Elector of Brunswick, receipt for a sum of gulden spent for a contingent of the army (in Germany). + d. s. Xmas, 1722, receipt for South Sea dividend. + d. s. St. James, Nov. 9, 1724, order to the commissioners of the Treasury to pay £200 to Dr. Gideon for visiting sick prisoners of state in the Tower, signed also by Robert Walpole, Will Yonge, George Baille, George Dodington.
a. l. s. Hamburg, Apr. 8, 1692, last page of a letter requesting further instructions in a legal matter (in German).
d. s. June 27, 1684, minor administrative matters (in German)
d. s. Hanover, Jan. 22, 1681, to Frederick, Duke of Saxony, letter of condolence upon the death of his wife (in German). + l. s. Herrenhausen, Aug. 28, 1705, personal letter to Madame Colt in London in which she speaks of the approaching marriage of her grandson (George II) and the Princess of Anspach (in French).
l. s. Amberg, Aug. 17, 1619, to the Bishop Elector of Würzburg, concerning transportation of troops. Received in Heidelberg, Aug. 20, 1619 (in German).
l. s. St. James, Apr. 12, 1716, to the Emperor of H. R. E., acknowledging the good wishes sent him through Count Volckra and expressing desire to maintain cordial relations (in Latin). This letter was never sent. + d. s. Kensington, June 9, 1757, to James Delancey, governor of New York, Aquainting him of the appointment of Mr. Robert Cholmondeley as auditor of the plantation, which position became vacant thought the death of Horace Walpole, signed also by Devonshire Nugent and Duncannon. + a. l. s. St. James, Dec. 24 [ ], acknowledgement of a note of condolence (in French).
a. l. s. Windsor, Oct. 8, 1728, to the Earl of Chesterfield, personal letter assuring him of her interest and friendship.
d. s. Leicester House, Jan. 19, 1745, to William, Duke of Saxony, acknowledging a New Year's greeting (in German).
a. l. s. St. James, Nov. 29, 1787, minor military matter.
a. l. s. Frogmore, Aug. 15, 1809, to Mr. Cowden, asking to have her carriages in repair for travel. + a. l. Windsor, Sept. 1, 1811, initialed letter asking M. de la Fite to make inquiries concerning a book she wishes to read.
a. l. s. South Audley Street, May 9, 1825, to the Marquis Conyngham about a pension for Mrs. Wharton.
a. l. s. Kensington, Aug. 22, 1812, to M. de Guillermy, about a military appointment. + Also a cut signature.
a. l. s. May 12 [ ], to one Jones, concerning a recommendation.
a. l. s. Newstead Abbey, Nottinham, Mar. 25, 1827, personal.
a. l. s. Dublin, Mar. 26, 1851, note of courtesy.
a. l. s. s. d., to her brother, Duke of Mecklenburg, written prior to a marriage of a niece, his daughter, to her son (in French).
a. l. s. Homburg, Mar. 18, 1822, personal. + Also two signatures.
a. l. s. s. d., to Mrs. Berkeley, personal.
a. l. s. Sept. 1, [ ], to Lady Litchfield, personal. Conventional sign, not full signature.
a. l. s. Leicester House, Jan. 14, 1762, to her nephew, an acknowledgment (in French).
d. s. Spithead, Aug. 2, 1769, certificate of presence for salary due captain Samuel Barrington.
a. l. s. London, Oct. 20, 1807, to Robert Freebarin, inviting him to inspect a picture.
a. l. s. Belgrave Terrace, Oct. 10, 1810, to Mr. Maln, inviting him to call.
a. l. s. Gloucester House, July, 1804, personal note to Miss Jones, a miniature painter.
Dec. 1, 1772, holograph copy of Pope's "The Universal Prayer", signed. + a. l. s. Carlton House, Jan. 22, 1805, personal. + a. l. s. Brighton, Dec. 29, 1805, to Keate, a "secret and confidential" summons. + d. s. [1816], first page of a "warrant for granting the proceeds of the booty and effects taken at the Isle of France by sea and land forces on that expedition."
a. l. s. June 25 [ ], to her brother, asking him to see that a letter reaches the King. + Also a drawing by her.
a. l. s. "Monday Evening," personal.
a. l. s. s. d., to George Jackson, personal.
a. l. s. Admiralty, Mar. 5, 1828, concerning the appointment of Sir W. I. Hope as Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital. + d. s. June 15, 1822, concerning the recall of Sir Colin Halkett, signed also by his cabinet.
Cut signature.
d. s. June 22, 1827, license to plead, signed also by Russell. + d. s. July 5, 1827, warrant concerning the Court of Bankruptcy. + a. l. s. Windsor Castle, Dec. 19, 1877, note to one of her children.
August, 1854, autograph description of a letter of Lord Hardinge (in French).
a. l. s. Clarence House, St. James, June 15, 1895, personal note of thanks.
a. l. s. Frogmore House, Windsor, Feb. 19, 1868, personal. + Also an unsigned note without date giving her address in Germany.
a. l. s. Cumberland Lodge, Jan. 10, 1872, personal note to Mr. Backland.
a. l. s. London, July 5, 1871, note of thanks for a wedding present.
a. l. s. Reinhards-Brunnen, July 8, 1847, personal letter to her sister.
a. l. s. Windsor castle, Nov. 5, 1852, personal. + a. l. s. Hotel Bristol, Nov. 22 [ ], personal.
a. l. s. Marlborough House, s. d., to Mrs. Gladstone, regretting her inability to accept an invitation to dine.
Cut signature.
Cut signature.
l. s. Chaalis, May 20, 1274, to the Viscoutn de Caen, requesting him to pay 1000 francs to Jehançon Stançon, "receveur des aides" at Rouen.
d. s. Paris, June 19 [1289], damaged by time, illegible.
d. s. Feb. 17, 1404, to the Duke of Brittany, pledging protection to his titles, estates and property and promising to come to his support in case of war.
l. s. Paris, Sept. 24 [between 1292 and 1407], to the Grand Almoner of the Pope, requesting a benefice for the natural son of the King of Armenia, that he may continue his studies.
d. s. Sept. 19, 1442, reduction of the tax imposed by Charles VI for his ransom on account of the distress resulting from the war. To this is added a statement dated Sept. 20, 1442, signed by Jehan Lefuzelier, "gouverner des finances" of the Duke of Orleans concerning the execution of the preceding ordinance and naming the towns relieved.
d. s. Bourges, 1419, as dauphin and regent, order to the commissioners of finance of Languedoc to pay 100 livres tournois to his secretary, Jehan Larbalestier for services rendered.
d. s. July 11, 1452, a receipt.
d. s. Châteadun, Dec. 9, 1490, order to Jean Gontier, receiver of the county of Fréteval, to pay to Jean Potier, his secretary, 200 livres.
d. s. May 1472, document ordering the joining of the hospital for lepers at Loungjumeul and the church of Saint Eloy.
d. s. Nov. 18, 1505, concerning forests bordering Burgundy and Lorraine.
l. s. Tarascon, April 15, 14??, to the vicar and municipal officials of the town of Grasse, recommending to their fabor the archdeacon of Angers, ambassador to the Pope (in Latin).
d. s. Jan. 2, 1464, accrediting to the Duke of Milan, Galeas Sforza, the ambassadors he is sending to Pope Pius II. + l. s. [c.1470], to Pierre de Marvilliers, Bishop of Orleans, touching the affairs "Despaigne," and negotiations between Henry IV, King of Castile and the King of Aragon.
l. s. Lyons, Mar. 6, 1496, to the Duke of Savoy, asking for passports for two diplomatic agents going to Naples.
l. s. Troyes, May 11, 1486, notifying certain officials that the allowances of Jacques Berzain amount to six livres tournois per year and that in view of the difficulties of this service the King had agreed to employ him for two years at the most. + d. s. May 1, 1491, receipt for 24,000 livres tournois from the King for his services as governor of Languedoc.
d. s. Gien-sur-Loire, Nov. 17, 1484, remission of a fine to Perrin Varin. + l. s. Laval, May 26, 1487, to the Signory of Florence, in regard to letters accrediting to him as ambassador Antonio Squarsafico Concini (in Italian).
d. s. May 16, 1491, a receipt.
d. s. Chanteauneuf, Feb. 28, 1468, ordering her treasurer general to turn over seventy livres tournois to John, the Seneschal.
a. l. s. s. d., to the Emperor (Charles V), a letter accrediting as his ambassador M. de Clavimont, second president in his court of the Parlement of Bordeaux.
l. s. Flessingen, Sept. 11, 1556, to Pierre Saichet, her counselor, asking him to attend to the final settlement of her dowry and dower rights.
d. s. Aug. 6, 1524, to André Blondet, receipt for the maintenance of a military corps.
d. s. Amboise, Sept. 18, 1516, order for payment.
l. s. Offemont, Aug. 2, 1552, to the Duke of Ferrara, letter of thanks for services at the request of Bishop Lodève. Three lines and autograph added.
a. l. s. Paris, Nov. 22, 1582, to Nicolas d'Angennes, seigneur de Rambouillet, refer to a letter to her son, the Duke of Anjoy, which she has left open so that M. d'Angennes may write in the same sense. + a. l. s. s. d., to M. de Vérac, introducing M. de Montaigu to him in Scotland.
l. s. Aug. 1566, concerning her marriage settlement. + a. l. s. Vincennes, Aug. 19, 1579, to M. de Rambouillet, expressing gratitude for his services.
l. s. Aug. 10, 1559, to Captain Dasquin in regard to troubles in Scotland, signed also by Mary Stuart.
a. l. s. [Tutbury, March 1570], to Charles IX of France, thanking him for his interest and asking further assistance in influencing Elizabeth I towards putting her affairs in order. See also No. 1102.
a. l. s. 1562, to his uncle, the Duke of Savoy, explaining the delay in restoring certain places in Piemont. + d. s. July 20, 1570, portion of a document concerning a financial transaction with a bailiff.
a. l. s. 1580, to Villeroy, saying that he had written two letters, of which Villery could choose one and burn the other, closes with an affectionate message. + l. s. Nov. 5, 1581, to his treasurer, financial matter.
a. l. s. Mar. 1577, as King of Navarre to Catherine de Medici, letter of apology for supposed rudeness in not taking leave.
l. s. Paris, Aug. 12, 1608, appointment of three officials.
d. s. Oct. 1, 1614, to the Marquis of Rambouillet, notifying him of the King's majority and the end of the regency, instructing him to send dispatches directly to the King. + a. l. s. Paris, Mar. 20, 1622, to her cousin, archduchess of Austria, about the pleasures of the chase, mentioning incidentally the troubled situation in France.
a. l. s. Paris, May 18, 1657, congratulating a cardinal on his elevation.
d. s. June 10, 1627, receipt for 10,000 livres.
a. l. s. [c. 1560], to Calvin under the pseudonym of d'Espeville, letter of introduction of Jean de Saint Geniès, Baron de Badefol, asking his prayers for herself and her husband (who had just become Catholic).
d. s. Navarre, Dec. 11, 1586, a receipt for 2000 livres.
a. l. s. Béziers, Oct. 10, 1622, to his sister, Queen of Spain, letter of credit for councilor Bautru, "introducteur des ambassadeurs," sent to Spain.
a. l. s. St. Germain, Oct. 21, 1641, to Mme. de St. Georges, governess of her niece, the Grande Mademoiselle, saying that he approves of that suggestion of sending her to the Canrmelites, presumably for her education.
d. s. Mar. 28, 1692, order to his maître d'hôtel, signed also by Villette and DeThesuty.
a. l. s. Paris, Oct. 20, 1650, to his mother, Anne of Austria, inquiring for her health and thanking her for the position of lieutenant general of the Kingdom. + d. s. s. d., an appointment.
a. l. s. June 12 [1646], to Nicolas Goulas, secretary to her husband, thanking him for a favor and urging him to protect her husband in the wars.
a. l. s. Florence, June 9, 1667, to Père Domat, mentioning a relic she had sent to him.
d. s. Oct. 1718, certificate of a sum spent in secret service for the King.
d. Dec. 22, 1688, order of Louis XIV (by the hand of his secretary) for imprisonment "in my chateau of the Bastille," and examination of l'Abbé Jean Baptiste Patouillet, probably concerned in the poisoning affairs of La Voisin, signed Michel Le Tellier, the Secretary of State. + d. s. Versailles, Apr. 22, 1699, lettre de cachet in blank, signed also by Philippeaux. Also a lettre de cachet of 1710. + a. l. s. Versailles, July 8, 1702, to the Duke of Estrées, marshal of France, forgiving his province for minor offenses. + a. l. s. Versailles, Nov. 12, 1702, to the Duke of Estrées, concerning his activities in Brittany. + Also a lettre de cachet of 1710.
a. l. s. Monaco, Mar. 27, 1676, letter of courtesy (in Italian).
d. s. Paris, July 16, 1711, nomination of Zacharie of Bricour, priest of the diocese of Langres, to the curé of Saint Hilaire near Lunières in the diocese of Bourges.
a. l. s. Versailles, July 5, 1767, to the maréchal de Richelieu, concerning a difference between the maréchal and the Marquis de Lur Saluces.
d. s. May 24, 1729, appointment to a household position.
d. s. Apr. 22, 1756, minor military document in the handwriting of Louis and certified by the Count of Périgord.
a. l. Feb. 29, 1747, letter of courtesy in the hand of Anne.
a. l. s. Versailles, July 8, 1704, to the Duke of Estrées, on the birth of his son, the Duke of Brittany.
a. l. s. s. d., recommendation.
a. l. s. Louveciennes, Sept. 18, 1780, request to pay a certain sum of money.
a. l. s. s. d., letter of courtesy to Caccia.
d. s. Aug. 24, 1777, order to her Treasurer General. + a. d. s. Nov. 12, 1790, order to her Secretary.
d. s. Paris, May 26, 1818, minor military matter concerning the Corps Royal. + d. s. Paris, Dec. 2, 1825, attesting the credentials of the vice-consul of Denmark at La Havre. See also No. 5.
a. l. s. Bagheriz, Sicily, Apr. 24, 1811, to Thomas Coutts and Co., matter of personal business (in English). + l. s. Paris, Feb. 10, 1847, letter of courtesy to a cousin.
l. s. The Tuileries, Jan. 28, 1828, to Mme. Cappella Celentani at Naples, personal letter.
Unsigned and undated piece in the handwriting of Ferdinand, relative to benefits accorded his officers. Nine officers named.
a. l. s. Neuilly, May 14, 1829, affectionate and boyish letter to his father.
a. l. s. Twickenham, June 6, 1858, letter of thanks.
a. l. s. July 25, 1842, personal note.
a. l. s. [1820], comments on the situation in Paris and states that it has been announced that the city is in a state of siege.
a. l. s. Vienna, Apr. 14, 1862, to the Reverend René, giving him a sum of money to aid a young cleric.
a. l. s. "Rustuk", Sept. 20, 1852, to Chevalier Meroni, letter of courtesy.
a. l. s. Frohsdorf, Dec. 12, 1859, to Viscount Edward Walsh, letter of courtesy, alluding to "unjust attacks" in the Courrier de Nantes satisfactorily answered by La France Centrale.
a. l. s. Pisa, Sept. 4, 1565, letter to Adam de Crapon at Salon di Crano in regard to a purchase of land, about which he promises to write again; he offers his services in this matter and in any other which may arise (in Italian).
a. l. s. Brescia, Aug. 17, 1796, to Colonel Oser, friendly greetings, including the remark, "Cette armée donnera la paix à l'Europe."
d. s. Aug. 14, 1768, signature under his wife's uncle's name.
l. s. Madrid, Nov. 12, 1808, personal note to one of her sons.
a. l. s. Rome, Oct. 28, 1797, as ambassador at Rome to the French consul at Ancona applauding his measures to preserve order. + l. s. Madrid, Mar. 29, 1809, to Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, formally announcing his assumption of the Spanish throne, signed also by Chevalier Urquijo. + a. l. s. Philadelphia, Mar. 22, 1822, personal letter.
a. l. s. Paris, s. d., upon a financial matter.
a. l. s. Albano, Oct. 25, 1825, to David the painter, expressing her admiration.
a. l. s. [1799], to General Chambarlac, relative to peace negotiation with the Vendée after 18 Brumaire, awaits the news that Frotté is beaten. + a. l. s. 22 Thermidor [1804] personal letter to Josephine, who is ill, probably from the camp of Boulogne, referring probably to the battle of Cape Finistère between Villeneuve and Sir Robert Clader. + d. St. Cloud, Apr. 10, 1812, initial on a permit for an American ship trading with a Lyonese firm. + d. s. s. d., signatures on a project and request report. + Also a fragment of one of his works, corrected at St. Helena.
a. l. s. [1799], to General Chambarlac, relative to peace negotiation with the Vendée after 18 Brumaire, awaits the news that Frotté is beaten. + a. l. s. 22 Thermidor [1804] personal letter to Josephine, who is ill, probably from the camp of Boulogne, referring probably to the battle of Cape Finistère between Villeneuve and Sir Robert Clader. + d. St. Cloud, Apr. 10, 1812, initial on a permit for an American ship trading with a Lyonese firm. + d. s. s. d., signatures on a project and request report. + Also a fragment of one of his works, corrected at St. Helena.
a. l. s. St. Cloud, 29 Germinal [ ], to Secretary Page, in behalf of the Count Cleret, signed Lapagerie Bonaparte. + a. l. s. 22 Brumaire [Nov. 14, 1802], to Napoleon, letter of affection.
d. s. Paris, June 5, 1811, in regard to a claim growing out of the campaign of 1809, army of Italy. + a. l. s. May 20, 1818, personal letter to a family friend.
d. s. Fort Royal, 1782, report.
a. l. s. May 12, 1798, at the age of seven to Henrietta de Marion. + s. St. Cloud, June 26, 1812, signature from a document signed as regent., + d. s. Paris, Feb. 19, 1814, as regent, approving the retirement on account of illness of an officer, signed also by the Duc de Feltre. + a. l. s. Aix-en-Savoie, July 28, 1814, letter of courteous acknowledgement.
l. s. d., invitation from the Count and Countess to C. Edward Lister, United States consul to dine with them (in English).
Jan. 16, 1820, school exercises. + Also a signature on July 17, 1818, in a book as "Prinus Franz," signed by Marie Louise as Herzögin von Parma.
a. l. s. [Canino], Oct. 27 [ ], to Mgr. Cunéo d'Ornano, expressing the hope of a visit. + a. l. s. Paris, Apr. 20, 1802, endorsement on an application.
d. s. Marseilles, June 1798, rental of an apartment.
a. l. s. s. d., to M. Mennechet, to express regret at missing his call.
a. l. s. Point Breeze, Aug. 20, 1826, to LeRoy, Bayard and Co., asking them to forward to Italy two letters enclosed.
a. l. s. Florence, May 6, 1812, to Napoleon, in regard to a local meeting.
a. l. s. Villa Vincentino, June 25, 1821, to Mlle. Brocq, in regard to certain papers.
a. l. s. Florence, June 26, 1820, to Baron Bignon thanking him for his history of France.
a. l. s. Havre, Sept. 19, 1814, to her cousin about matters of personal business.
a. l. s. Ham, Nov. 16, 1841, to one who has been authorized to visit him (in prison) assuring this correspondent that he will be glad to receive him, signed Napoleon Louis. + a. l. s. Fontainebleu, Aug. 17, 1868, to his cousin, about his health, etc.
a. l. s. Arenenberg, Oct. 14 [ ], to M. Larry, acknowledging courtesies. + a. l. s. Chislehurst, July 14, [1872], acknowledging the courteous letter of an Altesse Royale.
a. l. s. July 9 [ ], to M. de Puybusque, acknowledging a book and referring to a recent military riot in Spain.
a. l. s. s. d., to a friend referring to his mother-in-law, the Princess Troubetzkoi and her husband "les plus grands seigneurs de Russie, d'une fortune collassale, et aussie bonnes gens et simple que possibles."
a. l. s. June 21, 1822, to "Josephine," in which she complains her lack of tact and excessive expenses (in Italian).
a. l. s. Mondovi, Sept. 10, 1801, to Citizen Ambassador of France, explaining his services to France.
a. l. s. s. d., to Lucien, an affectionate note.
a. l. s. Waseillo, June 8, 1826, to his business representatives LeRoy, Bayard and Co., on details of his projects, mentioning that corn was $2.871⁄2 a bushel (in English).
a. l. s. Florence, June 19, 1826, concerning his financial claims against the French government.
a. l. s. s. d., to Mrs. Cooke, asking her to order thirty pairs of shoes, twenty in white satin and ten in morocco.
a. l. s. Baltimore, Feb. 9, 1816, to General Harper, in regard to a case before the courts.
d. s. Dec. 16, 1858, note of admission as visitor to the Maryland Club House to John R. Thompson, Esq.
a. l. s. Cassel, Apr. 28, 1812, a letter of affection to her mother, whom she asks in closing to speak of her to the Emperor and Empress and to give affectionate greeting to Caroline and Pauline.
a. l. s. Niagara, Sept. 17, 1861, note sending his and his wife's signature to a correspondent, signed "Jerome" in both letters. + a. l. s. s. d., to Dubuisson, about regatta prize.
Signature and the date Jan. 9, 1861, on a letter of her husband.
a. l. s. s. d., letter of polite acknowledgment.
l. s. Paris, Apr. 2, 1829, to M. Cherubini, requesting a loge at an approaching concert of the Conservatoire.
d. s. Perpignan, May 24, 1799, to administrators of the municipality, in regard to passports. + a. l. s. Schonpaye, Oct. 6, 1811, minor military business.
d. s. Paris, July 8, 1824, certificate of illness.
d. s. Paris, Sept. 11, 1799, as Minister of War to the Minister of Finances, in regard to a piece of property.
a. l. s. Stockholm, Apr. 12, 1826, to Baron Lambot, reply referring to memories of her native Provence.
d. s. Apr. 12, 1799, as chief-of-staff, an order of rations.
a. l. s. Cincinnati, Oct. 11, 1842, thanking Mr. Cist for courtesies.
a. l. s. Paris, Jan. 20, 1805, as marshal and colonel-général de la garde, to Minister of Interior, a recommendation.
a. l. s. Lille, May 14, 1822, to M. de Chéguillaume, with congratulations on the marriage of his eldest daughter.
a. l. s. Paris, May 22 [ ], notifying the administrators of the mint that the Elector of Baden is to visit the establishment.
a. l. s. Paris, Feb. 26, 1812, as Minister of War to the director-general of conscription upon the question of the Elèves-gendarmes.
a. l. s. Jan. 21, 1807, to General Cerc, an order to reconoiter.
a. l. s. Paris, Dec. 9, 1796, to James Monroe, Minister of the united States, promising an interview at which credentials of the Citoyen Pinckney are to be presented.
a. l. s. Paris, Oct. 7, 1800, to Mme. De Ruault, his mistress, announcing his departure for ten days. This letter was to serve to establish his alibi. It had been seized among the papers of Mme. De Ruault and had figured in his conviction. It is signed and initialed ne varietur by two police administrators.
a. l. s. Bodenheim, Jan. 11, 1795, to Captain Riboulet, in regard to an application for appointment.
d. s. Paris, Dec. 18, 1820, a recruit's record.
a. l. s. Fontainebleau, Aug. 2, 1816, to General Sébastiani, in regard to the temporary employment of certain officers.
d. s. Oct. 21, 1802, as commander of the 19th military division to the Minister of War, approving an application of an officer for a special allowance.
a. l. s. Paris, Mar. 20, 1800, in regard to the exchange of a prisoner.
a. l. s. Paris, Nov. 22, 1798, minor of official business.
a. l. s. Paris, Feb. 16, 1819, to a commander-in-chief, minor official business.
a. l. s. Frankfort, Feb. 17, 1812, an order for a courrier.
a. l. s. Philadelphia, Apr. 20, 1817, to Le Roy, Bayard and Co., in regard to acquisition of property in Jefferson County, New York. + a. l. s. Philadelphia, March 28, 1820, to William Bayard Jr., in regard to proposed return to France. + a. l. s. Vichy, June 28, 1822, requesting nomination in chamber of peers.
a. l. s. Paris, Apr. 12, 1820, to Casimir Périer, President of the Council, supporting an application for an appointment.
a. l. s. Paris, Feb. 1, 1801, to Frochot, prefect of the Seine, in regard to a soldier's application. + a. l. s. Parma, Jan. 21, 1806, as governor-general of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, asking a report upon public lands.
a. l. s. Versailles, Oct. 29 [ ], to her nephew about her health and family affairs.
l. s. Paris, Dec. 21, 1801, as commander of consular guard, to the Minister of War, in regard to promotion.
l. s. St. Cloud, Nov. 19, 1812, notifying the American Minister when he would be received.
a. l. s. Raffey, Nov. 2, 1814, to his brother on personal business, but refers to possible appointment to the government of Besçancon.
a. l. s. Paris, Feb. 9, 1801, to the Minister of War, requesting the transfer of an officer.
a. l. s. Paris, July 20, 1821, to M. Reynaud, examiner for entry into the École Royale Polytechnique, recommending a protégé.
a. l. s. Paris, Nov. 14, 1811, as Minister of Foreign Affairs to Joel Barlow, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, in regard to the ceremony of presentation to the Emperor.
a. l. s. Paris, June 20, 1827, to the Duc d'Aumont, in regard to promised seats at the Opéra.
a. l. s. Bassano, Feb. 28, 1797, to General Dugua, in regard to matters to be reported to General Bonaparte. + d. s. Geneva, Mar. 22, 1800, in regard to a requisition of wheat.
a. l. s. Paris, Apr. 28, 1824, to M. Le Boeuf, in regard to the payment of his allowance as officer of the Legion of Honor.
a. l. s. Paris, Apr. 20, 1806, accepting an invitation to a hunt with the Emperor. + a. l. s. Paris, June 1, 1810, minor military business. + a. l. s. Feb. 26, 1820, to a count, thanking him for a favor to a friend.
a. l. s. Paris, Mar. 12, 1822, in reference to a recommendation.
a. l. s. Cuidad Rodrigo, Mar. 26, 1811, ordering an aide-de-camp to Paris with a dispatch.
a. l. s. Breczin, Jan. 29, 1812, to Baron Bignon, explaining that he had left Wilna two hours after the departure of Napoleon to avoid capture by the Russians. Without resources, appeals for aid.
d. s. Drysniaty, July 17, 1812, an order during the invasion of Russia. + a. l. s. s. d., letter of thanks.
a. l. s. Paris, Oct. 28, 1804, to minister of War, on question of appointment.
d. s. Walkowitz, Oct. 16, [1812?], an order to reconoiter.
d. s. [c. 1818], recounting the mAnner in which on 19 Brumaire, he carried General Bonaparte in his arms out of the Orangerie and so saved his life.
a. l. s. Paris, Nov. 18, 1822, to the Duke of Orleans, asking a permit to hunt in the forest of Bondy.
a. l. s. St. Cloud, Mar. 26, 1808, to Camacérès, thanking him for the announcement that the Emperor had made him Duc de Rovigo.
a. l. s. Aug. 15, 1848, to a friend announcing his return to Paris to assist at the anniversary service of the death of his daughter, the Duchess of Choiseul.
l. s. Paris, Nov. 9, 1808, as governor of Hotel des Invalides, to the intendant general of the Grand Army, in regard to sums payable to him assigned by the Emperor upon foreign countries.
a. l. s. Castres, May 1, 1814, recommendation.
a. l. s. Dieppe, Aug. 11, 1827, to General Gourgaud, asking as a measure of relief, in return for services to Napoleon at Longwood to have an opportunity to sell to the Louvre a painting by Rubens given him by Joseph Bonaparte.
a. l. s. Paris, July 19, 1821, letter of courtesy.
l. s. June 22, 1795, to Moreau, asking why he was requested to leave his army.
d. s. June 24, 1822, apropos of a decoration of the Legion of Honour. + a. l. s. Paris, June 17, 1822, to Mme. Viscountess d'Agault, in regard to the appointment of an officer.
a. l. s. Paris, Jan. 10, 1829, relative to his services as detective.
d. s. 1517,to Casimir, margrave of Brandenburg, matter of feudal protection for the family of Wetenheim.
l. s. "del Padro," Nov. 20, [ ], to the Duke del Infantado, personal (in Spanish).
l. s. Seville, May 2, 1526, to the Duke del Infantado, thanking him for a recent letter and for certain information sent to her by him (in Spanish).
d. s. May 1552, matter of administrations, appointments.
d. s. Jan. 4, 1569, minor administrative matter.
l. s. Prague, Aug. 17, 1575, to Philip, Count of Hanau, notification of a meeting of the electors on the 21st of September. + d. s. s. d., in Latin, paper degenerated.
l. s. Vienna, Oct. 20, 1574, with postscript of three lines autograph, to Don Juan de Cuñiga, ambassador of Spain at Rome, asking him to recommend to the general of the Jesuit Order Dona Catherine de Mendoza, who desires to obtain a grace of the Holy See (in Spanish).
l. s. Nov. 12, 1601 official appointment.
l. s. s. d., to the Burgomaster and Council of Wimpfen, minor political matter.
d. s. Vienna, Aug. 21, 1622, minor administrative matter.
a. l. s. Eberstorff, Sept. 25, 1622, to Louis XIII, letter of courtesy.
l. s. Vienna, Apr. 14, 1628, to Louis of Anhalt, his uncle, a complaint conversing a person of a religious order, who with four musketeers had invaded a farm.
d. s. Vienna, Dec. 7, 1628, minor legal matter of a landed gentleman. + d. s. Vienna, s. d., granting certain privileges to Vlerius Martinus.
l. s. Eberstoff, Oct. 7, 1647, to Jadze, councilor of the city of Mautern, stressing the necessity of strengthening the recruiting and caring for the soldiers.
d. s. Vienna, Nov. 14, 1702, to the Bishop of Wersheim, Duke of Laconia, refusing the return of the bishop's corps and asking for more troops during the winter which he promises to subsist.
l. s. Brussels, Oct. 15, 1726, to General Simon de Bauffe, instructing him to inspect and report upon the chateau and fortifications of Ghent on his return from Audenarde.
l. s. Vienna, Oct. 24, 1710, to Princess Agnes, referring to a complaint of the now ruling Prince of Anhalt concerning interests of a certain magistrate which he has not received.
d. s. 1718, with thirteen autograph lines confirming the nomination of officers, to represent Hungary and Croatia in a negotiation for peace with the Ottoman Porte (in Latin).
l. s. Oct. 4, 1742, to the Count of Vermont, president of the Imperial Chamber Court, instructions as to the discharge of his duties.
l. s. Lunéville, Aug. 29, 1720, as Duke of Lorraine, legal matter concerning the award of medals. + l. s. Luxembourg, June 22, 1724, letter of courtesy (in French). + l. s. Vienna, Jan 6, 1740, to the Archbishop of Florence, letter of courtesy (in French). + l. s. Vienna, Apr. 2, 1758, to the Cardinal Bishop of Ravensport, letter of courtesy.
d. s. Vienna, Jan. 8, 1745, concerning a judicial procedure.
a. l. s. July 20, 1795, in regard to the death of a brother (in French).
l. s. July 2, 1779, to a Prince Elector regarding privleges of the family of Carl Henry William, Count of Leining in Augsburg, countersigned by Colloredo.
a. l. s. Aug. 20, 1652, to a Prince, minor administrative matter.
l. s. Dessau, May 11, 1725, instructions concerning the disposition of 200 florins of doubtful origin.
d. s. 1465, to the Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg, referring to ecclesiastical matters.
a. l. s. Vienna, Feb. 20, 1819, to a friend about his estate and its agricultural progress.
d. s. Nov. 1847, grant of clemency to one guilty of treason.
a. l. s. Miramar, June 5, 1862, personal.
l. s. Carlsruhe, June 20, 1804, notification of the marriage of his granddaughter, Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of Baden with the hereditary Prince of Hesse, Karl Ludwig.
a. l. s. Munich, Nov. 24, 1825, acknowledging a note of condolence upon the death of her husband (in French).
a. l. s. Rome, Apr. 25, 1851, obliging a correspondent with an example of his handwriting (in English).
l. s. Aug. 2, 1552, to Augustus, Duke of Saxony, requesting a loan of 20,000 thalers and horses to continue the war.
a. l. s. Jan. 1750, New Year's greeting (in French).
a. l. s. [c. 1755], to Chevalier de Folard, an urgent request that he see her as soon as possible about matters of great importance (in French). + a. l. s. The draft of Folard's reply to effect that he cannot get away (in French).
l. s. Brunswick, May 22, 1684, to the Elector of Brandenburg, Frederick William, concerning a petition.
a. l. s. Minden, Sept. 29, 1796, letter of courtesy (in French).
l. s. Brunswick, May 23, 1684, to the Elector of Brandenburg, Frederick William, concerning a petition
a.l.s. Minden, Sept. 29, 1796, letter of courtesy (in French).
l. s. Cassel, Apr. 16, 1559, minor administrative matter.
l. s. Cassel, Dec. 16, 1727, to Louis VIII, landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, New Year's Greeting.
d. s. May 8, 1776, in reference to the honorable discharge from service of an officer.
a. l. s. Düsseldorf, Mar. 25, 1862, minor business matter (in French).
l. s. Coburg, 2 [Apr.], 1626, to the Duke of Anhalt, August, requesting him to have beer and wine sent to Coburg as the supply was nearly exhausted.
a. l. s. Weilburg, May 15, 1806, to a friend arranging a meeting in the near future (in French).
l. s. Heidelberg, Sept. 22, 1672, to the Margrave of Baden, request that a legal matter be accelerated.
l. s. Jan. 1, 1527, on the new order of things in the Teutonic Order, especially on the introduction of Lutheranism.
l. s. s. d., letter of condolence.
d. s. July 5, 1704, to the government of Halberstadt, minor legal matter.
l. s. Berlin, June 17, 1724, to the government of Magdeburg, legal matter.
a. l. s. Berlin, Nov. 26, 1722, to one of his brothers, whom he congratulates upon the favor recently bestowed by their father and advises him how to secure his complete pardon (in French). + d. s. Jan. 24, 1785, order to Major General von Henckel.
a. l. s. Berlin, June 5, 1801, personal note of condolence (in France).
a. l. s. Apr. 27 [ ], reply to a letter of condolence (in French).
l. s. Berlin, Mar. 12, 1792, to the Prince Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg, to recall a councilor.
d. s. Berlin, Mar. 12, 1812, commutation of a death sentence.
d. s. Berlin, Nov. 20, 1822, refusal of the request of a chamber musician in Belin for arrears in salary unlawfully demanded.
a. l. s. Berlin, June 20, 1855, request for leave.
a. l. s. Potsdam, Nov. 6, 1864, personal note to a royal friend in England (in English).
a. l. s. Berlin, May 21, 1842, to M. Otto, regarding some furniture (in French).
l. s. Magdeburg, May 7, 1551, to the councilors of Magdeburg, minor administrative matter.
l. s. "Hiltburg," Dec. 22, 1562, in regard to the city council and city hall of Weimar.
l. s. Dresden, June 20, 1708, letter to a cardinal expressing his desire for harmony between the church and the Emperor which the recent disturbance in Italy has interrupted. He offers his influence and services to this cause.
l. s. Dresden, Apr. 22, 1872, to Cardinal de Angelis, letter of courtesy.
a. l. s. Bologna, Jan. 18, 1498, regarding a recommendation made to him on behalf of one Thebald Thebaldescho, stating his readiness to be of service to him.
a. l. s. Florence, July 22, 1506, to Raphael Volaterrano, regarding a work which he promises to examine and upon the completion of which he offers congratulations.
l. s. Mantua, Jan. 14, 1615, to the Marquis of Ramboullet at Turin, thanking him for a kindness and discussing the affairs of his duchy.
l. s. Florence, July 6, 1627, personal letter to the Bishop of Mantua.
d. s. Ferrara, Jan. 10, 1500, document providing for the improvement of uncultivated and swampy lands in the vicinity of Ferrara, and exempting certain of these districts from taxation.
l. s. Ferrara (?), Aug. 18, 1565, to Ambassador Arisoti expressing dissatisfaction with the mAnner in which the case of a friend has been conducted, signed al by Luigi d'Este.
d. s. 1575, a receipt [in French]. + l. s. Tivoli, Apr. 18, 1579, to an official in Paris asking to show any kindness possible to a cleric who is then setting out for Paris.
a. l. s. Ferrara, Dec. 9, 1570, to the Pope (Pius V), thanking him for a recent letter, referring to Doctor Bertazzuolo whom he commends to the Pope's favor and expressed his devotion to the church. + l. s. Pesaro, Oct. 9, 1589, letter to a friend assuring him of his interest.
a. l. s. Mantua, Aug. 10, 1610, personal.
a. l. s. Modena, June 1, 1710, regarding the arrival of the Marchese Ludovico Rangoni and expressing his esteem for him.
l. s. Modena, July 15, 1688, referring to the birth of an heir to his sister, Queen of England. *Note-His sister was wife of James II of England. The child referred to was James Francis Stuart, the Old Pretender.
l. s. Modena, Apr. 10, 169[8?], personal.
l. s. Naples, Feb. 28, 1801, to Cardinal Carossa de Belvedere, assuring him of his interest and friendship and promising him aid.
a. l. s. Verceil, Jan. 14, 1800, to her sister, announcing the death of her only son.
l. s. Bruges, July 26, 1585, personal. To Camello Capizucchi.
d. s. Turin, Mar. 4, 1607, to Cardinal Aldobrandini, expressing his satisfaction at a recent treaty of peace. + l. s. Turin, May, 21, 1629, to an officer, granting him leave of absence and instructing him to whom to entrust his command.
d. s. Turin, Mar. 17, 1595, an order to her treasurer for the payment of his salary for the last quarter to Battista Lealdo, a town official.
l. s. Porto di Santa Maria, Sept. 25, 1616, personal.
l. s. Turin, Aug. 5, 1625, to one Bollogniti, thanking him for a letter and asking him to continue to send news.
l. s. Turin, Feb. 18, 1628, to a cleric in Rome, congratulating him upon his zeal in restoring the church of Santo Sudario in Rome.
l. s. Turin, Mar. 15, 1672, to Raimondo Capizucchi, congratulating him upon his appointment as master of the Sagro Palazzo.
l. s. Turin, Oct. 5, 1687, to a cleric in Rome, expressing his displeasure at the heavy expenses to which he is subjected for ecclesiastical purposes. + l. s. Turin, s. d., to the Abbé Grimani, informing him of a visit to Venice which he proposes to make incognito, and requests his aid in this design (in French). + l. s. Turin, Jan. 21, 1695, to the Count Giovanni Maffei, thanking him for his sentiments of affection and esteem, and assuring him of his continued favor (in French). + l. s. Turin, June 2, 1697, to the Abbé Grimani, regarding an exchange of musicians for the opera which he proposes during the coming winter for his theater (in French).
l. s. Turin, Oct. 9, 1687, to a cleric in Rome, the prefect of the Compagnia del Santo Sudario, expressing her pleasure at learning that the church of the order has been restored, and extending to him her favor and protection.
a. l. s. Magin, [June 1691: received June 29] to Victor Amadeo, explaining why he cannot bring the military aid asked (in French). + l. s. Lolle in Flanders, Dec. 12, 1708, a report of the taking of Lille. + d. s. Milan, May 4, 1716, financial transaction. + l. s. Vienna, Dec. 29, 1722, a statement that he has received the commands recently sent to him.
l. s. Turin, July 28, 1726, to the Queen of England (Caroline, wife of George II), effusive letter in which he acknowledges the receipt of letters through Essex to himself and assures her of the satisfactory execution of her injunction (in French).
l. s. Turin, Jan. 14, 1741, polite letter (in French).
a. l. s. Florence, Dec. 9 [ ], to a Florentine in Rome, regarding a musician whose services he wishes to obtain.
d. s. Poggio, Sept. 16, 1550, certificate of the purchase by Guiliano Capponi of a house in Florence belonging to the Duke of Ferrara. + l. s. Florence, Sept. 9, 1572, to the Duke of Anjou (later Henry III of France), offering congratulations and asking that opportunities of serving him be pointed out more frequently. *Note-Probably written upon the assumption by the Duke of Anjoy of the command of the army at La Rochelle.
a. l. s. Florence, Feb. 15, 1614, to Marie de Medici, Queen of France, asking her aid in obtaining an early decision in a dispute with a debtor, Baccio Nicolini.
l. s. Florence, June 20, 1614, to a friend in Parma, announcing the death of his brother Francesco.
a. l. s. Careggi, Feb(?) 20, 1610, to Paolo Capozzucchi at Rome, personal.
l. s. Aug. 12, 1611, regarding the help which she and the Grand Duke Ferdinand are disposed to give a Cavaliere Guigni in a certain piece of work.
d. s. Venice, Apr. 4, 1448, registration and transcription for the legislation of the will of Marino Sanudo (in Latin and Italian).
l. s. Venice, July 21, 1595, to Albate Prezzato, empowering him to treat with the Pope and certain other persons concerning the affairs of the Seminario di Venetia
d. s. Apr. 20, 1572, providing for the papal share of expense for the war against the Turks, ending in the Battle of Lepanto (1572), signed also by Giovanni Morone and four other cardinals.
a. l. s. Bologna, Apr. 20, 1586, to a friend regarding the works which he is at present producing.
a. l. s. Aug. 29, 1589, brief personal note.
An autograph signature written upon the fly-leaf of a book, date Florence, 1798.
a. l. s. Rome, Sept. 12, 1788, a brief friendly letter to Angelo Bandini in Florence, apologizing for his delay in answering a recent communication.
d. s. s. d., document signed by Ariosto with four others, setting forth the details of a recent condemnation and fine and asking that it be canceled.
d. s. s. d., an extract from a memorandum regarding legislation to encourage commerce and mechanical arts.
l. s. Rome, Dec. 15, 1651, letter to a friend in which he mentions that he is to leave Rome for Christmas.
a. l. s. Florence, Oct. 1, 1791, to a friend in which he discusses a collection of fifteenth century manuscripts which he has recently examined and gives and account of his own work, Annali tipografici della Toscana.
d. s. Dec. [16?], 1652, written in a secretary's hand and signed by Barberini. *Note: Not part of the Thacher collection, acquired in 1985.
l. s. Rome, Sept. 11, 1606, to a friend offering congratulations and good wishes upon the occasion of his elevation as cardinal, with seven autograph lines.
d. s. s. d, legal doccument drawn up in the name of the Archbishop Nazarenus against Giulia dei Sabelli for the recovery of certain goods. + d. s. s. d., legal document drawn up between Domenicus Candelottarius and Zaromellos Vassallus for the recovery of certain alleged debts. + d. s. Oct. 26, 1558, brief note to his notary (in Latin).
a. l. s. July 4, 1824, to Baron Luiddani at Cheles, personal.
d. s. Milan, Feb. 11, 1494, to the Magistrates of Genoa, regarding the aid promised by them to Pisa, which was then engaged in a struggle with the Florentines.
a. l. s. Milan, Feb. 16, 1850, letter of inquiry to a friend, regarding a notice which recently appeared in the journal.
d. s. Todi, Apr. 29, 1445, reduction of a fine for trespass within the grounds of two monasteries, with three autograph lines.
l. s. Paris, Nov. 27, 1806, letter of good wishes to Cardinal Ersckines on the occasion of an approaching holy day.
l. s. In camp near Orbitello, May 24, 1646, letter of thanks.
d. s. Rome, June 4, 1542, concerning a matter of ecclesiastical finance.
l. s. Palermo, June 20, 1582, to Captain Ottavio Sprenza, asking an account of the expense incurred by him in raising a cavalry troop.
d. s. 1521, proclamation issued by Colonna in the capacity of military commander of the district ordering that his estate of (Landa or Lunda) is to be respected and the people to remain unmolested, given at Landa or Lunda.
a. l. s. Rome, Oct. 21 [ ], personal letter to a friend.
a. l. s. Rome, Feb. 11, 1817, personal.
l. s. Jan. 21, 1712, to Giovanni Vincenzio Lucchesini Luchese apprising him of his elecetion to full membership for the academy of Arcadians.
d. s. Rome, May 22, 1520, statement to the effect that he has not received a sum of money which is alleged to have been paid him, with three autograph lines.
l. s. Genoa, Oct. 1520, to the commissioners of Florence in Pisa, in which he complains of the confiscation of certain grain ships by the commissioner of Livorno and the imprisonment of the crew.
a. l. s. Parma, Oct. 19, 1762, to Philip, regarding an illness of Madame Louise. The reply of Philip, autograph but not signed or dated is written between Du Tillot's salutation and the body of the letter.
a. l. s. Casillarano, Aug. 19, 1569, letter regarding the treatment to be accorded certain men involved in a case of homicide.
l. s. Rome, June 22, 1514, signed with a subscription to the Duke of Milan, on a question of monastery discipline.
a. l. s. Anagni, Aug. 21, 1622, to Francesco Gavoli in Rome, in which he discusses carious financial matters, including a new impost and a transaction involving and eight per cent interest.
a. l. s. Prison of Luxemburg, Feb. 6, 1826, to the colonel of the municipal guard, requesting that the guard maintained over him be the same from that time until his execution.
l. s. Turin, Dec. 28, 1695, to a friend, thanking him for his expressions of friendship.
a. d., autograph, sonnet, unsigned, without date.
a. l. s. s. d., request to borrow for a few days a list of subscribers to his library.
l. s. June, 27, 1572, an order regarding the payment of a debt.
a. l. s. Bologna, Mar. 2, 1798, certifying that a cleric, Giuseppe Francesco Constan Francese, is in delicate health, and prescribing a course of baths as treatment.
a. l. s. New York, Sept. 20, 1850, to Charles L. Chitt, of Cincinnati, thanking him for a recent letter of sympathy for the Italian cause (in French). + a. l. s. Capua, Sept 12 [ ], to G. Penco in Livorno, thanking him for articles which he recently sent for Garibaldi and his son.
a. l. s. Jan. 27, 1852, letter of thanks for support of the Italian cause.
a. l. s. s. d., to D. Euprasie Pignatelli a nun at the convent of Donna Regina, in which he expresses regret that on Musceltola cannot conduct the exercises and proposes another, P. Celano.
a. d. s. d., two columns of literary notation part of which are crossed out. On the second page is written a certificate of its authenticity, dated Venice, Dec. 2, 1842.
d. s. Apr. 17, 1586, document regarding the execution of a will.
a. l. s. s. d., to Giovanni Forunato Tamboni, at Rome, giving him some information about a person of whom he has inquired, and advising him regarding the payment of a debt.
a. l. s. Reconati, Mar. 21, 1817, to Fortunato Stella at Milan regarding literary matters.
a. l. s. Florence, Apr. 29, 1511, a letter in which he gives advice upon the relations of Spain, Naples and the Pope, and of his correspondence with a lady.
a. l. s. Paris, Aug. 15, 1725, refering to the new work upon inscriptions in which he is engaged.
a. l. s. Florence, May 11, 1666, expression of appreciation for services rendered to him.
d. s. Venice, July 27, 1461, favorable judgment of the Doge of Venice in regard to a petition of Bartholomeo Lion who desired to be confirmed in possession of a piece of real estate after he had exhibited the documents supporting his claim (in Latin).
a. l. s. Paris, Nov. 8, 1856, letter of courtesy (in French).
a. l. s. s. d., letter of thanks, apparently to a child (in English).
a. l. s. Naples(?), July 20, 1552, to Ferrante Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, a general of Charles V., regarding an affair (probably a matter of ecclesiastical policy) in which Luigi Farnese, bishop of Fano, had become involved.
a. l. s. Venice, June 4, 1821, letter of thanks.
a. l. s. s. d., to the Marquis Livio Zambeccari making an appointment to see him.
a. l. s. Milan, Jan. 10, 1810, regarding an edition of his works which now exhausted, and his plans for a new edition which he asks may be printed by the Reale Stamperia.
a. l. s. Venice, Feb. 12, 1802, to Mr. William Roscoe, Liverpool, containing a discussion of certain books about which he has inquired.
d. s. Corte, Apr. 4, 1792, to the commissioners of the Convention, expressing his sympathy with their cause and offering a small force of men (in French).
a. l. s. Turin, Aug. 27, 1852, letter of thanks.
a. l. s. Paris, July 10, 1804, to the Emperor, thanking him for his kindness to the Italian troops and asking that certain abuses and matters of defective equipment be remedied.
d. s. Rome, Nov. 28, 1491, conceding to Burdo, prothonotary, a stipend of 2000 gold ducats and "spiritual benefits" which may be sold for a similar amount.
a. l. s. Todi, Nov. 18, 1746, to a friend in regard to a catalogue which he is preparing to make of his books.
d. s. Sept. 8, 1582, minor clerical matter.
a. l. s. Despôt de condamnés, Mar. 2, 1858, to M. Mallano, thanking him for the sympathy he has expressed at his confinement (in French). *Note-This letter was written after his condemnation to death. His sentence, however, was later commuted to imprisonment for life.
d. s. Rome, Aug. 14, 1517, countersign on a papal provision appointing Federicus to be abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Andrew and St. Gregory at Rome.
d. s. Rome, Sept. 12, 1606, letter of congratulation to a friend upon the appointment as cardinal. + a. l. s. Naples, June 4, 1616, personal.
a. l. s. Venice, June 8, 1647, brief personal letter.
a. l. s. Venice, Jan. 25, 1499, to Lodovico (di Florentia) at Villabona, apparently a baliff or steward of the Strozzi, to whom he gives directions regarding certain details of the estate.
a. l. s. Villabona, Oct. 16, 1491, personal letter to his brother, Alessandro Strozzi, then in Venice.
a. l. s. Venice, Dec. 6, 1556(?), to Sperone Speroni in Padua, in which he gives a quotation from his poem Amadigi.
a. d. s. s. d., autograph sonnet, signed.
a. l. s. Modena(?), Sept. 20, 1629, brief letter of official instructions.
a. l. s. Paris, Mar. 29, 1865, polite note.
a. l. s. Rome, Sept. 20, 1482, letter of condolence. + Also a license to carry weapons signed by brother, Antonio Vespucci, dated August 1512.
a. l. s. Pisa, Aug. 11, 1698, personal.
d. s. Pavia, Nov. 28, 1782, a list of charges for work performed.
d. May 14, 1467, bull, conferring upon Jacobus de Baccariis, rector of the church of St. John the Evangelist in Berecto, of the diocese of Parma, the canonicate which has been left vacant by the resignation of JohAnnes de Beccariis, presbyter of the diocese (in Latin). Given in his name, with four signatures, probably cardinals.
d. s. Rome, Dec. 9, 1497, a papal diploma of installation in behalf of Cardinal Alexander [Farnese].
a. l. s. Rome, Apr. 15, 1492, as cardinal to his brother, Pietro de Medici at Florence, upon the occasion of the death of their father Lorenzo de Medici (in Latin).
d. s. s. d., favorable action of Clement VII upon a petition of the monastery of Saint Cosmas and Damian to be permitted to sell a piece of real estate in order to gain money upon which to live during the present calamity [probably the sack of Rome in 1527].
d. s. s. d., schedule for the division of the property of one Ambrosus Recalcatus among his relatives, with a portion going to the monastery of Monte Cassion. Approved with certain alterations of detail.
l. s. Palazzo San Marco, July 20, 1552, recommendation to Henry II, king of France, on behalf of the bishop of Santa Croce. + Also the fragment of a letter signed as cardinal, dated Bologna, Mar. 21, 1549.
d. s. Rome, Sept. 2(?), 1562(?), a decree mitigating the legal requirements for the dowry and trousseau in the case of Cynthia de Lenis (in Latin).
l. s. Rome, 1584, regarding the will of the late bishop of Vigevano, approving a bequest to the latter's natural son and claiming tithe.
l. s. Rome, Jan. 19, 1586, regarding the mAnner in which a debt is to be paid by a certain bishop di Cervia and his father.
l. s. Monte Cavallo, June 28, 1591, confirmation of the inheritance of certain natural children, in opposition to a decree of Pius IV.
d. s. Monte Cavallo, Apr. 8, 1602, to prelate urging him to issue in his diocese such decrees and mandates as may seem fitting and necessary.
a. l. s. Saint-Quentin, Oct. 27, 1595, as cardinal of Florence and legate to France, to Pomponne de Bellièvre, regarding certain false rumors of the death of the king of Spain.
d. s. Rome, Feb. 14, 1609, to his treasurer directing that certain privileges be granted the territory of Corneto, and that agriculture be encouraged there.
d. s. Rome, Apr. 20, 1599, as clerk of the aposotlic chamber, giving lists of expenses attendant upon the taking of Ferrara by Caesar I, grandson of Alphonso d'Este.
l. s. Munster, Sept. 29, 1645, as cardinal, regarding the infrequency of news of the war and expressing his hopes for peace, with four autograph lines.
a. d. s. Madrid, Sept. 14, 1650, a general document addressed to the Spanish court protesting against the circulation in the low countries of a Flemish work in which tenets of the Jansenists were being promulgated.
a. l. s. Rome, May 16, 1642, signed as Benedetto Odescalchi, to Antonio Fatioli, at Ancona, acknowledging information sent to him.
d. s. [Dec. 16, 1690], proclaiming of an indulgence for seven years to the Church of the Holy Defender in the city of Lodi (in Latin).
a. l. s. Naples, May 12, 1690, to a friend in reply to a recommendation made in behalf of Francesco Antonio di Rosa, assuring him of his readiness to accede to the request. + d. s. 1698, petion of Andrea Zelus, aged seventy, of Cremona, for an assistant in his duties as canon of the cathedral, approved by a fiat un petitur etc. Supplementary petition regarding Antonios Fonciscus de Musso with provision for a stipend, which also is approved. Dated at Rome, at Santa Maria Maggiore, Aug. 16, 1698, with a confirmation dated Aug. 20, 1698.
d. s. Rome, Apr. 7, 1709, favorable action on petition of Carolus Berton to be put in possession of certain benefices at Vienna, a rival claimant alleging rights granted by another person. + d. s. Rome, Mar. 19, 1721, document relieving Francisco Domingo y Gonrez canon of the cathedral, of his duties on account of ill health and appointing a deputy in his place. + d. s. Rome, July 14, 1721, to Franciscus Sanchez, appointed as coadjutor in the canonicate of the cathedral at Albarazin, with right of succession.
d. s. Monte Cavallo, Jan. 19, 1722, confirmation of the sons of the late Count Mario Capizucctii in certain of their father's possessions, and extending to his natural sons a share in these possessions.
l. s. 1678, personal letter of thanks. + l. s. Benevento, July 17, 1717, regarding a case which is shortly to appear before the Supreme Tribunal, concerning the disposition of certain benefices in the diocese of San Sofia.
d. s. Mar. 20, 1705, as archbishop of Nicomedia, in reference to heirs of Alberti de Justis for lands in Monte Restorato. + d. s. Quirinial Palace, Feb. 1729, conferring a pension upon the wife of a deceased servitor, Marco Fontana.
l. s. Ancona, 1721, letter of condolence to a friend, Albergati Capacelli, when the author was a cardinal. + l. s. Bologna, Aug. 14, 1724, as archbishop of Bologna, regarding the defense he plans to offer for certain imprisoned persons, with an autograph postscript in reference to certain cardinals. + l. s. Bologna, 1727, personal.
l. s. Cordova, Dec. 29, 1752, letter of thanks.
a. l. s. Rome, Nov. 7, 1744, to Padre Giazzani thanking him for a kindness and commending himself to his favor for the future. + a. d. Apr. 9, 1764, report by a cardinal upon vote of consistory of this date appropriating a large sum for the relief of distress at Rome, unsigned.
l. s. Florence, Dec. 14, 1798, written after his removal to Florence, discussing various political and papal affairs, and expressing his resolution not to leave Florence.
d. s. Rome, Apr. 7, 1814, document stating that Gioachino Sebastiani has passed eighteen years in the Collegio Romano as pupil and instructor and now asks that his duties be given over to an acting assistant.
a. l. s. Jan. 4, 1808, to Anna Giorgi, while en route from Germany to France, giving her an account of his journey. + a. l. s. Spoleto, Nov. 29, 1816, to Antonio d'Este at Rome, regarding the payment of a debt.
a. l. s. Montalto, Nov. 19, 1815, as bishop of Montalto to a friend in Rome upon his return from a journey, giving various details of the condition of affairs in his diocese. + a. l. s. Rome, July 22, 1821, to the Cardinal Consalvi, declining the position of Grand Penitencier.
a. l. s. Rome, Oct. 21, 1828, to the archbishop of Ancyra, in which he discussed a manuscript submitted by the archbishop on the subject of universities (in Italian). L. s. Rome, June 4, 1821, to the archbishop of Rheims, expressing the affection which he feels for him (in Latin). + l. s. Rome, Jan. 16, 1822, to the archbishop of Nazianzeno, concerning details of certain letters lately received from him (in Latin). + d. s. d much corrected document of doubtful origin.
a. l. s. Spoleto, Sept. 28, 1829, to a friend in Rome, asking his help in two affairs. + d. s. Rome, June 27, 1848, granting Alberto Barbolani di Montano permission to assist at the services celebrated in the Basilica Vaticana.
d. s. May 15, 1295, addressed to Lope Alfonso de Lemos, and others of the city of Chantada, regarding the case of one Doña Juana of that city, who asks to be confirmed in the possession of a house and estate, granted to her father-in-law, but which had been seized unjustly by the constable Don Pedro.
d. s. Segovia, Sept. 2, 1424, charter of investment delivered to Don Fernando de Cordova for the tenure of d'Ysmayer.
d. s. Segovia, Dec. 12, 1466, grant to martin Hernandes in perpetuity of the "royal thirds" of Cordova, because he has abandoned the cause of Prince Alfonso.
l. s. Barcelona, July 12, 1484, to Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, in which he announces the taking of Alora (a town near Malaga) from the Moors on June third of the same year.
l. s. Montalban, Mar. 2, 1454, to the Queen of Aragon and the Sicilies, complaining of her failure to send him by her treasurer the sums necessary to the support of his household and to the maintenance for his cavalry in navarre and urging her to dispatch the money without delay.
l. s. Grenada, Aug. 2, 1500, to Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoça, duce del Infantado, upon the death of his father, expressing their recognition of his royal services to the crown and confirming the present duke in the titles and privleges of his father, signed also by Isabella. + d. s. Madrid, Mar. 18, 1514, issued in the name of the king but signed by his daughter Joanna, confirming to Lorenço Galindez de Carvajal, a professor at the University of Salamanda and a member of the council of Ximenez, a gift of certain tAnneries in the city of Granada.
l. s. Eltan, June 21, 1511, to Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, commending to her favor the son of a loyal servant, one Diego de Sarabia, who wishes to enter the service of Germaine's nephew.
l. s. Madrid, Feb. 17, 1516, to the Duca del Infantado, acknowledging the receipt of a communication from him through Don Pedro Velez; her recent loss (the death of her father, Ferdinand the Catholic) is a great sorrow to her, she expressed thanks for his good will and assures her continued favor. *See also No. 1425, d. s. Mar. 15, 1514.
a. l. s. [Burgos], June 10, 1594, to Philip II, King of Spain, regretting that the many duties of the religious life have prevented her writing more promptly and expressing hope for his continued health.
l. s. San Lorenzo, July 21, 1577, to Don Juan de Cuñiga at Rome, expressing through Count Anibal Pepoli, his satisfaction with the mAnner in which Cuñiga has executed his commission as ambassador, with nine autograph lines.
l. s. Brussels, May 21, 1628, to Don Estervan de Gamarra y Contreras, captain of a calvary troop in the royal service, regarding certain affairs relative to his company.
d. s. (Madrid), Oct. 21, 1599, proclamation addressed to the mayor of Cordova, recalling the expenditures made by Gregory XIV and Clement VIII in the wars against the Turks, and orders that certain papal letters relative to these matters be published and displayed. + l. s. Aranjuez, Apr. 27, 1612, to the Archduke Albert, his brother-in-law, recommending to him a gentleman on account of long and faithful service.
l. s. Madrid, May 28, 1661, to Louis XIV of France, regarding the appointment of the Marquis de la Fuente as ambassador extraordinary to France, signed in autograph "your good brother, uncle and father-in-law."
l. s. Madrid, Mar. 24, 1677, to Ludwig, margrave of Darmstadt, acknowledging a letter (in Latin).
a. l. s. "au camp de Jadraque," July 4, 1706, to his uncle, the Elector of Bavaria, commiserating him upon military reverses in Flanders, expects victory from his own troops to give added testimony of his affection and regard.
a. l. s. Madrid, Dec. 10, 1714, to his grandmother, letter of courtesy upon her arrival in Piedmont.
l. s. caserta, Jan. 10, 1757, to the Duke of Modena, acknowledging his recent letter of good wishes for the New Year and extending his own.
a. l. s. Madrid, Nov. 28, 1822 (probably to Louis XVIII of France) recommending to his favor one M. Berthemy and requesting that he be considered for the post of field marshal.
a. l. s. Seville, Oct. 9, 1822, to Louis XVIII (of France), mentioning the assistance given by Louis to his brother (Ferdinand VII) in restoring him to his throne, and offering him friendship and good wishes.
a. l. s. Paris, Nov. 7, 1868, to "my dear Walsh", expressing thanks for his attachment to Charles' cause (in French).
a. l. s. Ajuda, May 5, 1794, personal letter to her mother.
a. l. s. s. d., to her niece Louise, letter of affection (in French).
a. l. s. Mar. 16, 1879, letter of courtesy (in French).
a. l. s. Lisbon, Oct. 20, 1827, "to your Royal Highness", thanking her for samples of ribbon in the mode (in French).
a. l. s. May 11, [18]62, to "mon cher Florentino," asking him to assist at the debut of Mme. Des Champs at the Odeon in the rôle of Andromaque.
a. l. s. Apr. 24, 1812, concerning his debts and his forth-coming publications, mentions a Shakespeare folio facsimile he is preparing. + a. l. s. s. d., largely concerning his financial embarrassment. + Also a forty-one line Shakespearean forgery.
l. s. St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 10, 1852, to the New York legislature, expressing his gratitude for an invitation to visit as guest of the legislature. + l. s. London, May, 25, 1857, to the Secretary of State of New York, requesting additional volumes of a natural history of New York, presented to him in 1852.
l. s. Rome, Dec. 10, 1527, to Ferdinand de Gonzague,
a. d. s. order for payment of money to Filippo de Neri, signed by Pietro Pettacchion
Watermarks of papers in the collection; prepared by Thomas Gravell. Spring 1978. Photocopies.
The following autographs were omitted from Dr. Bourne's catalogue either because they had no bearing on the French Revolution or because they were so obscure no mention of them was discoverable in reliable dictionaries or encyclopedia.
news clipping: The Ilustrated London News, "History of the House of Brandenburg."
a. l. s. Cairo, July 12, 1789, minor military matter.
d. l. s. Palloy
This document is attributed, in the New York cataloque, to Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès (1758-1805). This is impossible as Cazalès was an ultra-royalist. At the time when the left was called the Mountain, Cazalès had emmigrated. The document was probably signed by an obscure member of a local Committee of Correspondence.
l. s.
a. l. s. Apr. 2, 1815.
d. s. Paris, Sept. 19, 1795,
l. a. s. Louisbourg, Oct. 11, 1749, slightly trimmed at the margins.
p. a. s. Valenciennes, Sept. 2, 1786.
a. l. s. to Mme. Boursault, wife of the former conventionnel.
a. l. s. Bayonne, to the maritime prefect of Brest.
a. l. s. Paris, Sept. 20, 1795.
a. l. s. Munich, Jan. 16, 1820, to M. Delafontaine, a bronze manufacturer, in French.
a. l. s. 1906, to George Cain, signed G. Lenotre.
d. s. Paris, 27 Ventôse an 7, signed also by Doulhe.
a. l. s. Paris, 2 Pluviôse an 2,
a. l. s. to Cityens administration general des postes.
a. l. s. Versailles, Oct. 11, 1774, to Count Milly.
a. l. s. Nov. 29 [ ]
a. l. s. Niorte, 1er Thermidor an X, to the prefect of Deux-Sèvres. + a. l. s. Niorte, 1er Thermidor an X, to the prefect of Deux-Sèvres.
a. l. s. 1906, to M. George Cain.
a. l. s. Paris, Jan. 1, 1850.
l. s. Passy, May 5, 1848, to Boucher.
a. l. s. to M. Cretet, secretary of the committee of the St. Thomas disctrict.