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Collection of Saxony letters, 1623-1785.
BANC MSS 2006/224LOCAL
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Title:

Collection of Saxony letters, 1623-1785

Abstract:

Contains 20 letters mostly written from Saxony in the 17th and 18th centuries including Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Saxe-Eisenberg, as well as other German states including Rappoltsweiler (or Ribeauvillé) and Württemberg. Some of the correspondents are included in the subject listing. Also includes two items about the genealogy of the royal family of the Netherlands and an example of an early German postmark.

Date:

1623 (issued)

Subject:

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Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg -- Rudolf August -- 1627-1704 -- Correspondence
I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha -- Ernst -- 1601-1675 -- Correspondence
I, Herzog von Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg -- Friedrich -- 1648-1691 -- Correspondence
Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg -- Ludwig Rudolph -- 1671-1735 -- Correspondence
II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg -- Frederick -- 1676-1732 -- Correspondence
III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg -- Frederick -- 1699-1772 -- Correspondence
I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg -- Karl -- 1713-1780 -- Correspondence
Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg -- Magdalena Augusta -- 1679-1740 -- Correspondence
VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt -- Louis -- 1630-1678 -- Correspondence
Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld -- Franz Josias -- 1697-1764 -- Correspondence
Duke of Sachsen-Eisenberg -- Christian -- 1653-1707 -- Correspondence
VIII, Landgraf of Hesse Kassel -- Wilhelm -- 1682-1760 -- Correspondence
Postmarks -- Germany
Saxony (Germany) -- History -- 1423-1815
Württemberg (Germany) -- History -- 18th century
Ribeauvillé (France) -- History
Netherlands -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy

Note:

Collection of Saxony letters, BANC MSS 2006/224, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In German with some French and Latin.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)

Language:

German
French
lat

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2006/224LOCAL

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined