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LOT 537:

ALEXANDRE II (1818-1881) EMPEREUR DE RUSSIE, ROI DE POLOGNE ET GRAND-DUC DE FINLANDE Lettre manuscrite adressée à ...


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ALEXANDRE II (1818-1881) EMPEREUR DE RUSSIE, ROI DE POLOGNE ET GRAND-DUC DE FINLANDE Lettre manuscrite adressée à Ekaterina Dolgorukova. Lettre n°71
Mardi 11/23 mars 1869, à 11 h. du matin.
1p. recto verso
18,5 x 12 cm
Mardi 23 mars 1869, 11h

Alexandre II est inondé de bonheur, et leurs lettres quotidiennes ne font que de le renforcer : ‘Nos lettres quotidiennes nous le prouvent tous les jours davantage’.
Le Tsar précise qu’il va devoir s’absenter un moment , car il doit partir à la chasse, mais qu’il n’a qu’une hâte, c’est de retrouver sa chère et tendre.
‘Je suis content que mon adorable petite femme ait enfin mieux dormi, sous l’impression de nos bingerles délirants, qui nous ont fait jouir, deux jours de suite, comme des fous que nous sommes.’