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Guide to the Jesse Isidor Straus Autograph Collection, approximately 1727-1873

Guide to the Jesse Isidor Straus Autograph Collection, approximately 1727-1873

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Collection Summary

Repository: Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator: Straus, Jesse Isidor
Title: Jesse Isidor Straus Autograph Collection
Dates: approximately 1727-1873
Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Abstract: Letters, notes, receipts, dispatches, and some facsimile reproductions of documents pertaining to political and cultural events of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the French Revolution. Signers include Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, Johann Gottfried Von Herder, Helmuth Graf von Moltke, Mozart, Jean Paul Richter, August Wilhelm von Schlegel, Johann Strauss, and Robert Walpole.
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Scope and Content Note

Letters, notes, receipts, dispatches, and some facsimile reproductions of documents pertaining to political and cultural events of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the French Revolution. Signers include Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, Johann Gottfried Von Herder, Helmuth Graf von Moltke, Mozart, Jean Paul Richter, August Wilhelm von Schlegel, Johann Strauss, and Robert Walpole.

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Arrangement

Arranged by country. The items from the 1945 accession are marked with an asterisk (*).Top

Access and Use

Access

This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.

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Subject Headings

Names:

  • Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740
  • Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803
  • Jean Paul, 1763-1825
  • Moltke, Helmuth, Graf von, 1800-1891
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
  • Richter, Jean Paul, 1763-1825
  • Schlegel, August Wilhelm von, 1767-1845
  • Strauss, Johann
  • Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745

Places:

  • Europe--Politics and government
  • Europe--Social life and customs
  • France--History--Revolution, 1789

Document Types:

  • Autographs

VCL Categories:

  • Autographs
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Encoding Information

Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, August 2007. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, September 2025.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Jesse Isidor Straus Autograph Collection, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.

Processing Information

The original listing was completed in 1942 or 1943. The list was presumably updated to include the 1945 accession. The last known update was a contents check and retyping of the list done in 2007.

Acquisition Information

Barbara Levy donated the bulk of the material in 1939 when she was a freshman at Vassar. She gave a second smaller accession in January 1945 (marked with an asterisk in the container list). The gifts originally formed part of the Lucy Maynard Salmon Collection of Historical Materials.

Custodial History

The materials in this collection were gathered by Jessi Isidor Straus, the U.S. ambassador to France (1933-1936) and grandfather of Barbara Levy, VC 1942.

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Series List

Series I. France

Series II. Germanies

Series III. Great Britain

Series IV. Scandinavia

Series V. Italy

Series VI. United States

Series VII. Miscellaneous

Container List

I. FRANCE

IA. Before 1789
Box 3, I.A1 Anne, Duc de montmorency, 1493-1567 — Document dealing with landed estates, 1562 Jun 1 [oversize]
Box 1, I.A2 Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610 — Letter to the Count Palatine of the Rhine, 1610
Box 1, I.A3 Turenne, Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne vicomte de, 1611-1675 — Letter to Cardinal Mazarin, 1658
Box 1, I.A4 Moritz, Graaf von Sachsen, 1696-1750 (Saxe, Hermann-Maurice, comte de) — Document, 1729
Box 1, I.A5 Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804 — Order, 1780 Mar
Box 1, I.A6 Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de 1721-1794 — Letter, 1787 Jan
Box 1, *I.A7 Letter signed L.P.T. d’Orleans, Paris, 1786
IB. 1789-1799
Box 1, I.B1 Augereau, Prince Françios Charles, duc de Castiglione, 1757-1816 — Letter, 8 Thermidor year II, 1794 Jul 26
Box 1, I.B2 Barère de Vieuzac, Bertrand, 1755-1841 (other names on document) — Committee of Public Safety 17 Messidor of year II, 1794 Jul 5
Box 1, I.B3 Barras, Paul François Jean Nicolas, 1755-1829 (other names on document not all identified) — Committee of General Security, 18 Brumaire Year III, 1794 Nov 8
Box 1, I.B4 Beauharnais, Alexandre, 1760-1794 (other names on document not all identified) — National Assembly, 1791 Aug 7
I.B5 Billuad-Varenne, Jean Nicolas, 1756-1819 — See Barère
Box 1, I.B6 Cambacères, Jean Jacques Régis, duc de 1753-1824 (another name on document) — Committee of Public Safety, 21 Pluviôse Year III, 1795 Feb 9
Box 1, I.B7 Carnot, Lazare Nicoas Marguerite 1753-1823 (other names on document) — Committee of Public Safety, 5 Ventôse Year II, 1794 Feb 23
Box 1, I.B8 Chabot, François, 1759-1794 — Declaration of income, 1793
Box 1, I.B9 Chaumette, Pierre Gaspard, 1763-1794 (in folder with Cambacères) — Commune of Paris, 13 Brumaire Year II, 1793 Nov 3
I.B10 Collot d’Herbois, Jean Marie, 1750-1796 — See Barère and Carnot
Box 1, I.B11 Guillotin, Joseph Ignace, 1738-1814 — Letter, 1813 Mar 12
Box 1, I.B12 Jourdan, Jean Baptiste, comte, 1762-1833 — Official military letter, 16 Thermidor Year II, 1794 Aug 3
Box 1, I.B13 Laignelot, Joseph François, 1752-1829 — See Barras
Box 1, I.B14 Lindet, R. ? Two brothers with Robert as part of name Lindet, Jean Baptiste Robert, 1746-1825 Lindet, Robert Thomas, 1743-1823 See Barère and Carnot
Box 1, I.B15 Marie Antoinette, 1755-1793 — Order, [1781 Jan 2?] [2 folders]
I.B16 Méaulle, Jean Nicolas, 1757-1824 — See Barras
I.B17 Merlin de Douai, Philippe Antoine, 1754-1838 — See Cambacères
Box 1, I.B18 Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Vicot Riqueti, comte de, 1749-1791 — Letter, 1779 Oct 15
Box 1, I.B19 Moreau, Jean Victor, 1763-1813 — Letter, undated
I.B20 Moreaux, Jean René, 1758-1795 — See Tallien
I.B21 Nogaret, Jacques Ramel, 1760-1819 — See Beauhrnais
I.B22 Reverchon, Jacques, 1746-1828 — See Barras
Box 1, I.B23 Rouget de Lisle, Claude Joseph, 1760-1836 — Composition? And letter, 1831 May 8
Box 1, I.B24 Tallien, Jean Lambert, 1767-1820 — Committee of Public Safety, 16 Florial Year III, 1795 May 5
IC. 1799-1815 (Napoleonic Era)
Box 1, I.C1 Arrighi, Jean Toussaint, duc de Padoue, 1778-1853 — Letter, 1810 Apr 21
Box 1, I.C2a Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste Jules, 1764-1844 (later Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway) — Ministry of War, 8 Fructidor Year VII, 1800 Aug 26
Box 1, I.C2b Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste Jules, 1764-1844 (later Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway) — Letter, 1814 Oct 1
Box 1, I.C3 Berthier, Louis Alexandre, 1753-1815 — Ministry of war, 21 Prairial Year XI, 1803 Jun 10
Box 1, I.C4 Bertrand, Henri Gratien, 1773-1844 — Letter, 1827 Jan 10
Box 1, I.C5 Bessières, Jean Baptiste, duc d’Istrie, 1766-1813 (Another signature on letter) — Letter, 1811
Box 1, I.C6 Boissy d’Anglas, François Antoine, comte de, 1755-1826 — Letter, 1824 Jan 23
Box 1, I.C7 Brune, Guillaume Marie Anne, 1763-1815 — Official notice, 1807 Oct 26
Box 1, I.C8 Caffarelli (five brothers?) Louis M.J.M, 1756-1799; C.A., 1758-1826; L.M.J., 1760-1845; J.B., 1763-1815; F.M.A., 1766-1849 — See Lannes
Box 1, I.C9 Davout, Louis Nicolas, duc d’Auerstaedt prince d’Eckműhl, 1770-1823 — Military document, ll Pluviôse Year X, 1802 Jan 31
I.C10a Duroc, Géraud Christophe Michel, duc de Frioul, 1772-1813 — See Bessières
Box 1, I.C10b Duroc, Géraud Christophe Michel, duc de Frioul, 1772-1813 — Letter, 1811 Feb 17
Box 1, I.C11 Fouché, Joseph, duc d’Ortranto, 1759-1820 — Ministry of the General Police 5 Florial Year VIII, 1800 Apr 25
Box 1, I.C12 Gouvion St. Cyr, Laurent, marquis de, 1764-1830 — Ministry of War, 1818 Jun 13
Box 1, I.C13 Grouchy, Emmanuel, marquis de 1766-1847 — Ministry or war-receipt, 1814 Dec [19?]
Box 1, I.C14 Josephine Bonaparte, 1763-1814 — Letter, undated
Box 1, I.C15 Junot, Andoche, duc d’Abrantes, 1771-1813 — Ministry of War-reciept, 1806 Sep 30
Box 1, I.C16 Kellermann, François Christophe, duc de Valmy, 1735-1820 — Legion of Honor, 1812 Jan [29?]
Box 1, I.C17 Lannes, Jean, duc de Montebello, prince de Siévers, 1769-1809 (several other names not all identified) — Financial record of consular guard, 7 Frimaire year IX, 1800 Nov 28
Box 1, I.C18 Lefebvre, Francois Joseph, duc de Dantzig, 1755-1820 — Notice of military promotion, 13 Brumaire Year XIV, 1805 Nov 4
Box 1, I.C19 Macdonald, Jacques Etienne Joseph Alexander, duc de Tarente, 1765-1840 — Royal Order of Legion of Honor, 1818 Jun 8
Box 1, I.C20 Marmont, Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de, duc de Raguse, 1774-1852 — Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, [1819 Mar 19?]
Box 1, I.C21 Mars, Anne, F.H.B., Mlle, 1779-1847 — Letter, undated
Box 1, I.C22 Masséna, André, duc de Rivoli, prince d’Essling, 1756-1817 — Ministry of war-receipt, 1811 Aug 28
Box 1, I.C23 Moncey, Bon Adrien Jeannot de, duc de Conegliano, 1754-1842 — Official letter from office of the Imperial Guard, 1813 Feb 17
Box 1, I.C24 Mortier, Edouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph,duc de Trévisee, 1768-1835 — Royal Order of the Legion of Honor, 1833 May 11
Box 1, I.C25 Murat, Joachim, 1771-1815 — Note, undated
Box 1, I.C26 Napoleon I, 1769-1821 — Imperial Passport, 1812 Oct 9
Box 1, I.C27 Ney, Michel, duc d’Elchingen, 1769-1815 — Official military letter, 16 Prairial year X, 1802 Jun 5
Box 1, I.C28 Ordener, Michel, comte, 1755-1811 — See Lannes
Box 1, I.C29 Oudinot, Nicolas Charles, duc de Reggio, 1767-1847 — Army of Italy, letter, 19 Messidor, year VIII, 1800 Jul 8
Box 1, I.C30 Perignon, Dominique Catherine de 1754-1818 — Letter, 1817 Mar 13
Box 3, I.C31 Poniatowski, Joseph Antoine, prince, 1762-1813 — Document, 1808 [oversize]
Box 1, I.C32 Sérurier, Jean Mathieu Philibert, 1742-1819 (Another name not identified on document) — Letter, undated
Box 1, I.C33 Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu, duc de Dalmatie, 1769-1851 — Letter, 1835 Apr 2
Box 1, I.C34 Stael-Holstein, Anne L.G. Necker, baronne de, 1766-1817 — Letter, undated
Box 1, I.C35 Suchet, Louis Gabriel, duc de D’Albufera, 1772-1826 — Letter, 1817 Jul 17
Box 1, I.C36 Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, 1754-1838 — Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 9 Vendémiaire, Year VI, 1797 Sep 30
Box 1, I.C37 Talma, François Joseph, 1763-1826 — Letter, undated
Box 1, I.C38 Victor, Claude Victor Perrin dit, duc der Bellune, 1766-1841 — Letter, 1808 Mar 3
ID. 1815-1900
Box 1, I.D1 Dejazet, Pauline Virginie, 1797-1875 — Letter, undated
Box 1, I.D2 Dumas, Alezandre (invitation connected with Dumas Père, but no evidence to prove whether the letter is Père or Fils) Père, 1803-1870 Fils, 1824-1895 — Two items: formal invitation, And a letter, [1865?], undated
Box 1, I.D3 Pélissier, Aimable jean Jacques, duc de Malakof, 1794-1864 — Card with signature, undated
Box 1, I.D4 Rachel Felix, Elizabeth, 1820-1858 — Letter, [1847 Jun 12?]
Box 1, I.D5 Trochu, Louis Jules,1815-1896 — Letter, 1864 Jan 3
Box 1, I.D6 Uhrich, Jean Jacques Alexis, 1802-1886 — Army of Italy, Letter, 1860 Apr 6
Box 1, *I.D7 Letter from Napoleon III on embossed note of paper, dated Tuileries, [1865 Jan 5?]

II. THE GERMANIES

IIA. The Hapsburgs
Box 1, II.A1 Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 1508-1583 — Order, 1572 Mar
Box 1, II.A2 Wallenstein, Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von, Herzog von Friedland and Mecklenburg, 1583-1634 — Seal, 1630 Aug 27
Box 1, II.A3 Charles VI, 1685-1740 — Seal, [1727?] [2 folders]
Box 1, II.A4 Marie Therese, 1717-1780 — Letter to the Bishop of Wurzburg and Bamberg, undated
Box 3, II.A5 Joseph II, 1741-1790 — Imperial decree, 1783 Oct 20 [oversize]
Box 1, II.A6 Hofer, Andreas, 1767-1810 — Letter, 1809 Mar 5
Box 1, II.A7 Laudon or Loudon, Johann Ludwig Alexius, Freiherr von, 1762-1822 — Letter, 1811 Aug [16?]
Box 1, II.A8 Radetsky, Joseph, 1766-1858 — Letter, 1822 Apr 20
Box 1, II.A9 Francis Joseph I, 1830-1916 — Note, undated [2 folders]
Box 3, II.A10 Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867 — Official letter, 1866 Nov 28 [oversize]
Box 1, II.A11 Rauscher, Joseph Othmar, Fursterz-bischof von Wien and Kardinal, 1797-1875 — Signature, [1876?]
IIB. Prussia
Box 1, II.B1 Louise, Queen of Prussia, 1776-1810 — Letter, undated
Box 1, II.B2 Blucher, Gebhard Leberrecht von, 1742-1819 — Letter, 1815 Oct 16
Box 1, II.B3 Bismarck Schőnhausen, Karl Otto, Furst von, 1815-1898 (another signature on the document) — Note and envelope, undated
Box 1, II.B4 Bucher, Lothar, 1817-1892 — See Bismarck undated
Box 1, II.B5a Moltke, Helmuth, Graf von, 1800-1891 — Series of notes, one of them with the signature of von Moltke. Others not identified, 1872
Box 1, II.B5b Moltke, Helmuth, Graf von, 1800-1891 — Note, 1873 [2 folders]
Box 1, II.B6 Roon, Albrecht, Graf von, 1803-1879 — Letter, 1870 Aug 23
Box 1, II.B7 Werder, August von, 1808-1887 — Letter, [1863 or 1873] Nov 28
IIC. German Culture - German enlightenment
Box 1, II.C1 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 — Letter, 1812 Mar [17?]
Box 1, II.C1 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 — Letter, 1829
Box 1, II.C2 Herder, Johann Gottfried von, 1744-1803 — Letter, [1796 Apr 16?] [3 folders]
Box 1, II.C3 Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 — Letter, 1832 Oct
Box 1, II.C4 Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 — Letter, 1800 Feb [7?]
Box 1, II.C5 Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1724-1803 — Letter, 1748 Jul 11
Box 1, II.C6 Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von, 1759-1805 — Letter, undated
Box 1, II.C7 Wieland, Christopher Martin, 1733-1813 — Letter, 1802 Nov 3
Box 1, *II.C8 Letter signed "Neuber", a receipt for payment. Miss Luckau thinks signature at left of document is by Goethe, undated
IID. German Culture - The Romantics
Box 1, II.D1 Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 — Letter, 1828 Apr [7?]
Box 1, II.D2 Grimm, Wilhelm Carl, 1786-1859 — Letter, 1807 Jun 27
Box 1, II.D3a Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich, 1763-1825 — Letter, 1812 Dec [8?]
Box 1, II.D3b Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich, 1763-1825 — Letter, undated [2 folders]
Box 1, II.D4 Ruckert, Friedrich, 1788-1866 — Letter, undated
Box 1, II.D5 Schlegel, August Wilhelmvvon, 1767-1845 — Letter, undated
Box 1, II.D6 Schlegel, Friedrich von, 1772-1829 — Letter, 1801 Nov [3?]
Box 1, II.D7 Schleiermacher, Friedrich Ernst Daniel, 1768-1834 — Letter, 1809 Nov 9 [2 folders]
Box 1, II.D8 Uhland, Ludwig, 1787-1862 — Letter, 1846 Oct 13
IIE. German culture - Later Nineteenth Century
Box 1, II.E1 Auerbach, Berthold, 1812-1882 — Letter, 1861 Jul 27
Box 1, II.E2 Dingelstedt, Franz, Freiherr von, 1814-1881 — Letter, 1846 Jun 14
Box 1, II.E3 Dőllinger, Ignaz von, 1799-1890 — Letter, 1876 Apr 14
Box 1, II.E4 Gerstacker, Friedrich, 1816-1872 — Letter, 1869 May 20
Box 1, II.E5 Grillparzer, Franz, 1791-1872 — Distich, 1857 Oct 25
Box 1, II.E6 Hacklander, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1816-1877 — Letter, 1856 Mar [7?]
Box 1, II.E7 Heinsius, Theodor H. 1770-1849 — Letter, 1840 Oct 11
Box 1, II.E8 Laube, Heinrich, 1806-1884 — Letter, 1848 Dec 28
Box 1, II.E9 Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903 — Letter, 1856 May 24
Box 1, II.E10 Mosenthal, Salomon Hermann, Ritter von, 1821-1877 — Letter, 1857
Box 1, II.E11 Virchow Rudolf, 1821-1902 — Letter, 1847 Apr 15
IIF. Music
Box 2, II.F1 Abt, Franz, 1819-1885 — Letter, 1866 Dec 18
Box 2, II.F2 Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 — Letter, [1788 May 22?]
Box 2, II.F3 Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831 — Letter, 1804 Jul 1
Box 2, II.F4 Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859 — Letter, undated
Box 2, II.F5 Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899 — Waltz, 1854 Mar 11 [2 folders]
Box 2, II.F6 Weber, Karl Maria von, 1786-1826 — Note, [1812 Feb 3?] [2 folders]
Box 2, *II.F7 Letter signed by Mozart, 1782, inviting Baroness Waldstetter to his house for "beer in the English manner," 1782 Oct 2 [3 folders]
IIG. Drama, dancing, singing, etc.
Box 2, II.G1 Elssler, Fanny, 1810-1884 — Note, undated
Box 2, II.G2 Janauschek, Fanny, 1830-1904 — Letter, undated
Box 2, II.G3 Lucca, Pauline, 1841-1908 — Letter, undated
Box 2, II.G4 Montez, Lola, Grafin von Landsfeld, 1818-1861 — Note, undated
Box 2, II.G5 Seebach, Marie, 1829-1897 — Two letters, 1864 Feb 18 and 1898 Nov 5
Box 2, II.G6 Sontag, Henriette, Countess Rossi, 1806-1854 — Letter, undated
IIH. Art
Box 2, II.H1 Kaulbach, Wilhelm, 1805-1874 — Letter, undated
Box 2, II.H2 Klenze, Franz Karl Leo von, 1784-1864 — Letter, 1832 May 12
Box 2, II.H3 Schwanthaler, Ludwig von, 1802-1848 — Letter, [1841?]

III. GREAT BRITAIN

Box 2, III.1 Churchill, John, first Duke of Marlborough, 1650-1722 — Proclamation to the army, 1703 Jul 11
Box 2, III.2 Ruys (not identified) — Letter written at the Hague, Holland,telling of the arrival of George II en route to Hanover. In French, 1755 Apr 30
Box 2, III.3 Charlotte Sophia, Queen of George III, 1744-1818 — Signature, 1772
Box 2, III.4 Wellesley, Arthur, Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852 — Letter, 1843 Apr 18
Box 2, III.5 Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, first baron, 1834-1902 — Letter and envelope, [1875 Jun 17?]
Box 2, III.6 Buchanan, Andrew, 1807-1882 — Letter, 1873 Jul [29?]
Box 2, *III.7 Fragment of letter to George, Earl of Halifax, signed by Walpole, George Doddington and George Oxenden, 1730

IV. SCANDINAVIA

Box 2, IV.1 Bremer, Frederika, 1801-1865 — Letter, 1845 Mar 13
Box 2, IV.2 Thorvaldsen, Albert, 1770-1844 — Receipt, 1842 May 27

V. ITALY

Box 2, V.1 Canova, Antonio, marquis of Ischivia, 1757-1822 — Letter, 1817 Oct 30
V.2 Pius IX, 1792-1878 — See Rauscher (II.A11) [1876?]
Box 2, V.3 Ristori, Adelaide, 1822-1906 — Two items: Poem and letter, 1858 Mar 12 and 1863 Jul 22
Box 2, V.4 Taglioni, Marie T. 1804-1884 — Note, undated

VI. UNITED STATES

Box 2, *VI.1 Letter from Matthew Carey, with reply from John Thompson at the end of the letter. undated
Box 2, *VI.2 Paper money, State of Massachusetts Bay, $4.00, May, 1780 1780
Box 2, *VI.3 Autograph of Lincoln, apparently clipped from a letter, 26 October 1864 1864 Oct 26
Box 2, *VI.4 Autograph of Jefferson Davis on a calling card. undated
Box 2, *VI.5 Autograph of Benjamin Harrison on a card with engraved view of White House (?), undated
Box 2, *VI.6 Autograph of Grover Cleveland on a calling card, 1885 Aug 31
Box 2, *VI.7 Envelope of seals clipped from documents, American Legation in St. Petersburg, etc., undated

VII. MISCELLANEOUS

Box 2, VII.1 Louise, Queen of Belgium,1812-1850 (Louise d’Orleans) — Letter, 1847 Nov 22
Box 2, VII.2 Kauffman, Angelica, 1741-1807 (Swiss) — Letter, 1792 Sep 8
Box 2, VII.3 Caroline (Dealer has identified the signature as the Queen of Bavaria. Place and date under signature are Munich. At this time the Queen of Bavaria was Wilhelmine Auguste, wife of Maximilian I. Other queens of German origin by this name circa 1811 were: Caroline Amelie, of England, 1768-1821; Caroline Amelie of Denmark, 1796-1881; Marie Caroline of Naples, 1752-1814), 1811 Nov 18

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Abstract

Letters, notes, receipts, dispatches,
and some facsimile reproductions of documents pertaining to political and cultural
events of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the French Revolution. Signers
include Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, Johann Gottfried Von Herder, Helmuth Graf von
Moltke, Mozart, Jean Paul Richter, August Wilhelm von Schlegel, Johann Strauss, and
Robert Walpole.

Member of
Finding Aid Collection
Finding Aid Date
Dates: approximately 1727-1873
Document Types
Autographs
Names
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740
Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803
Moltke, Helmuth, Graf von, 1800-1891
Jean Paul, 1763-1825
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von, 1767-1845
Strauss, Johann
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Richter, Jean Paul, 1763-1825
Places
Europe--Social life and customs
Europe--Politics and government
France--History--Revolution, 1789
Subject (Topical)
Autographs
Collection Title
Jesse Isidor Straus Autograph Collection
Creator
Straus, Jesse Isidor