Untitled
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
130 mm (Width); 215 mm (Length)
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 27412.20
Summary
Letter in French dated; June 23rd 1864. Letter from the Ministerial Office of the Ministry of the Interior (Home Secretary’s Office) to an unknown addressee.
Full description
Letter from the Ministerial Office of the Ministry of the Interior (Home Secretary’s Office) to an unknown addressee. Ministère de l’Intérieur Cabinet du Ministre Paris, le 23 juin 1864 Madame, J’aurais voulu vous porter ( ?) ( ?) le livre que vous avez bien voulu me confier. Mais le temps ( ?) me manque, déjà envoy ( ?) qu ( ?) vous esquiver ( ?) plus longtemps. J’étais presque honteux de ne vous l’avoir pas restitué plus tôt. Vous y trouverez quelques lignes sur l’univers ( ?) de votre cousin( ?) aux Millandes ( ?). Elles y prirent fidèlement vos intentions. Very difficult to decipher ! Incomplete translation; Ministry of the Interior Office of the Minster Paris, 23rd June 1864 Madame, I would have liked to bring you … … the book you were willing to entrust to me. But I haven’t had the time… … I was almost ashamed not to have returned it to you earlier. In it you will find some lines about the universe … of your cousin from Les Millandes… They dutifully learned of your intentions…
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.