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The Princess Anne of Denmark's letter to the Queen
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Letter by Queen Anne commanding the Earl of Rochester to attend her coronation. With seal and engraved portrait of Queen Anne.
mssHM 357
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207280
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Manuscripts
This material includes a Memorandum book, 2 manuscripts, 8 letters and 12 bills and receipts. The Memorandum book, bills & receipts include detailed records of expenditure on specific books, apparel, hairdressing, accomodation, a harpsichord, dancing lessons, food and many other personal items; all of the items provide an overview of the cost of a polite Georgian upbringing for a young woman in the late 1770s and 1780s. The manuscripts include a Valentine Day poem and an Account of Frosts; the letters, written by various male suitors, contain expressions of love and esteem.
mssHM 81748-81770