Lot n° 230
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AUGUSTE, prince de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (1847-1907) - Lot 230
AUGUSTE, prince de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (1847-1907)
Set of 27 L.A.S.: "Gusty", dated February 11, 1883 to April 19, 1886 and undated, sent from Paris, Château d'Eu, Schladming, Wallsee, Innsbruck, etc., addressed to his mother Princess Clémentine d'Orléans (1817-1907), 77 pages, text in French, folds, foxing, but overall good condition.
Schladming, April 30, 1885,: "Thank you my dear mother for your good letter of the 29th and your kindness for my payments, fortunately it is not lost money. Enthusiastic about not going to Italy, I was shuddering about this trip for this torrid storm you did well not to go, Uncle Aumale will not embark in Bologna, as he is unable to walk (...)after that fall he took in Palermo. I will therefore be in Vienna as I telegraphed you on the 4th, leaving on the 6th for Paris. You would do well to reserve a coupé in the wagon if comfortable on the 6th. A morning or sleeping car on the 6th in the evening. There are also lines to Nuremberg, Mayenne, Metz, Ferrand and Paris, which is the shortest (...) in the afternoon at 3:40 a.m., or the next day at 9:40 p.m. to Paris. Then we'll visit Innsbruck (...). The garden is opening up, but it still lacks greenery, as in is only shaving the lawn. My furniture from England has not yet arrived or even been announced (...) Adieu, my dear maman, we'll see you in a few days(?)". - Paris, 21 (undated): "Thank you, my dear mother, for your last letter, which reached me just before I left Courterets. I have made a good journey to a Senegalese temperature...To arrive in Cobourg on the 24th at about half past nine in the evening. You will accommodate me or find room for me at the hotel, which will be the least painful for you. I'll leave Cobourg on the morning of the 28th for Paris with Ferdinand after dinner or lunch, and we'll see about that when I have the pleasure of embracing you in Cobourg. Nothing interesting to summarize, nobody was in Paris during this period. I shudder to think (...) how many hours I'll have to spend on the railroad. I saw Uncle Nemours in Paris on his way to Courterets, so I can communicate with him (...). Adieu, my dear Maman, see you soon. All yours" - Paris, February 11, 1883: "Ma chère Maman, merci de votre lettre du 9 qui vient de m'arriver. Poor Ebenthal must be very sad and desolate at this time of year. Dubus has paid me the 3000 florins of disbursements, we have all remitted the money, I will reimburse them to you next month, I am myself very embarrassed because I was counting on a reimbursement from Pierre who owes me money, real only found there only by your kindness to finance my debts and that I will pay you in full in the installment of the year, I owe you 8125 florins for all expenses made during the summer or I was absent from Paris for 8 months. I have a terrible cold and plan to leave on the 17th for Marseille and from there to Fiume (...) Goodbye my dear mother, all yours". - Paris, December 5 1883: "Thank you, dear Maman, for your letter of the 2nd, which came this morning. Why this sadness and why these gloomy thoughts? You are no one's burden and all your children love you and want you at home as long as possible. Why should you bury yourself all winter in Vienna? No one is forcing you to do so, there are so many other places where winter is much more pleasant (...). Joseph's children are stupid, yet charming (...)". -Paris, February 30, 1885: "(...) the death of this poor King of Spain saddens me greatly; I always see him before me. His widow's position will be very painful, and I think we'll see a lot of upheaval in Spain. What will become of Antoine's household? I don't yet see the day of my return to Vienna. I think towards the end of December, perhaps to spend three days in B... with the Philippe family, that's not very certain, but all in all I'd stay there from December 18th to 28th, and after that I'd advise you to go and get some sun and not settle in Vienna for the whole winter, as Ferdinand is no longer keeping you there. It is extraordinarily hot in Paris, only 14 degrees, and it rains night and day. Adieu chère maman je vous embrasse de tout cœur." -Château d'Eu, January 5, 1885: "My dear Maman, the death of poor Dubois makes me very sad, he was more than an employee, he was like a real friend to me. Before joining you, I decided to go to his funeral. I had 3 wreaths laid at his home, but I don't know the day yet. When I get back, I'll look after your affairs with Bordier; but for the last 2 years there has been in Duclar's office an ex-general guard who was to replace him and who worked with him.
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