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Name Charles Alexander, Prince of Thurn and Taxis Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 40690

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ORIGINAL LETTERS. etc., 1529-1872 and undated, largely (perhaps entirely) collected by Joseph Green Cogswell, LL.D., Superintendent of the Astor Library, New York (see A. E. Ticknor, Life of J. G. Cogswell, privately printed, 1874). Some of the letters are accompanied by engraved portraits (for which see the Index) and printed matter. Contents:- 1. Charles [V, Holy Roman Emperor] to his aunt [Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, Archduchess of Austria] as Regent [of the Netherlands]; Saragossa, 20 ...
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includes: f. 1 Cyphers: Letter of the Emperor Charles V partly in: 1529.f. 2 Netherlands, United Provinces: Letter to Margaret of Austria, as Govemor, from her nephew Charles V: 1529.: Fr. and cypher.f. 2 Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Letter to his aunt Margaret of Savoy: 1529.: Fr. and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and German
Date Range:
1529-1872
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 43782

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PEN WITH WHICH THE RATIFICATION OF THE RECESS OF THE IMPERIAL GERMAN DIET ('Reichsdeputationshauptschluss') was signed at Ratisbon, at the order of the Emperor Francis II, by Karl Alexander, Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Principalcommissar of the Diet, 27 April 1803. An accompanying memorandum (f. 2) by Alexander Horn, of Ratisbon, who was present at the occasion and cut the pen, describes it as 'the Instrument that pulled the Germanic Constitution to the Ground and thereby opened the Way for a...
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Charles Alexander, Prince of Thurn and Taxis: Pen used by, to sign the ratification of the Recess of the Imperial Diet: 1803. Francis II; Emperor of Germany: Pen used for signing the ratification of the Recess of the Imperial Diet: 1803. includes: f. 1 Reverend Josiah Forshall, Keeper of Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1803
Extent:
1 item