FREDERICA

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[ Princess Frederica of Hanover. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Frederica') to 'Lady Hawke', posing 'very important questions referring to the Biarritz life', including 'the Butcher's shop at Bayonne' and where she gets her vegetables from.

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Princess Frederica of Hanover (1848-1926), great granddaughter of King George III of the United Kingdom
Publication details: 
Abergeldie Mains, Ballater [ Scotland ]. 31 October 1888.
£35.00

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. She apologises for troubling her 'with a few very important questions referring to the Biarritz life. I mean the Butcher's shop at Bayonne you spoke to the Baron about. Where does the dear man live? Also how have you settled to keep the meat fresh?' She asks for instructions so that she may inform her cook, 'a German who speaks a few words of french & a sort of nigger English'.

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Autograph Letter Signed ('F'), in French, by Frederica, Duchess of York and Albany, wife of King George III's second son Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany.

Author: 
Frederica, Duchess of York [Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina; Princess Frederica of Prussia] (1767-1820), wife of Prince Frederick (1763-1827), Duke of York and Albany, 2nd son of King George III
Publication details: 
6 November 1815; Oatlands Park, Surrey.
£165.00
Frederica, Duchess of York and Albany

12mo, 1 p. 15 lines. Text clear and complete. Closely written in a difficult hand. Mention is made towards the beginning of the letter of 'l'Excellent G'. The recipient is going on a voyage, and Frederica hopes to see them at Oatlands on their return.

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