2572 - 2684 MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS
80 2612 House of Orange Beatrix princess of Oranje Nassau former Queen of the Netherlands b 1938 
80 2613 House of Orange Bernhard Prince of the Netherlands 1911 2004 
= "(...) Hier ein Foto [not enclosed] von dem Haus von Deinen lieben Vater in Dresden, völlig unzerstört! (...) Vielleicht könnt Ihr es Zurück kriegen oder ein Entschädigung? Alles Liebe, Dein [sign.]".
AND a orig. photographic portrait (14,2x8,9 cm.) of the same by "A.C. Stokhuyzen. Hoffotograaf", SIGNED by the portrayed in pen and green ink.
= With an accompanying letter by the private secretary of Prins Bernhard: "(...) Zoals u ziet heeft de Prins ditmaal gaarne aan Uw verzoek voldaan. De gesigneerde foto stuur ik u hierbij retour (...)".
80 2614 House of Orange Elisabeth van Nassau 1577 1642 
80 2614 House of Orange Elisabeth van Nassau 1577 1642 
= Maria Elisabeth van Nassau, second daughter of Willem van Oranje, married Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon (1555-1642) in 1595. Personal letter, i.a. complaining about a period of continuous rain. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
80 2615 House of Orange Emma Queen Regent of the Netherlands 1858 1934 
= Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont, the second wife of King Willem III (1817-1890), married to him in 1879. Writing to her family about the things she has been doing in Prague, like visiting the synagogue, the Jewish cemetery and the Nationalmuseum and a convent "mit wunderschönen Säale und Bibliothek"
ADDED: an anonymous col. lithogr. portrait of the young Queen Emma (24,5x17,5 cm.).
80 2616 House of Orange Frederik Hendrik Stadtholder 1584 1647 
- Vague brown stain in the centre.
= Frederik Hendrik, the "Stedendwinger", son of Willem van Oranje and Louise de Coligny, halfbrother of Maurits van Nassau and his successor as stadtholder in 1625. Friendly letter, thanking the recipient for his wishes and sending his best wishes in return. "(...) Vous souhaittant en contreschange pour la courrante et plusieurs autres années parfaicté santé accompaignée d'une felicité tille que pourroit desirer pour soy mesme celuy (...)".
80 2617 House of Orange Frederik Prince of the Netherlands 1797 1881 
= The letter by Verstolk van Soelen accompanied "een, op gisteren door mij aan den Koning uitgebragt Rapport, benevens een ontwerp van brief voor de gezanten bij de Hoven Berlijn, Petersburg en Weenen, Uwe Koninklijke Hoogheid verzoekende om, na van deze stukken kennis te hebben genomen, dezelve wel te willen doen toekomen aan den Minister van Justitie en verdere Leden van den Kabinetsraad (...)" [not present]. The note by Frederik complying to the request: "Ter voldoening aan het hieronderstaande (...) met uitnodiging dezelve vervolgens aan de overige leden van den Kabinetsraad te doen toekomen (...)".
ADDED: a printed laudatory poem by J.-J.F. Wap on Frederik, dated "Breda, den 27, van Sprokkelmaand, 1831" (1 fold. leaf, 3p.).
80 2618 House of Orange Hendrik von Mecklenburg Schwerin Prince of the Netherlands 1876 1934 
= Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin married Queen Wilhelmina in 1901.
80 2619 House of Orange Johan Maurits van Nassau Siegen 1607 1679 
80 2619 House of Orange Johan Maurits van Nassau Siegen 1607 1679 
= On official matters, mentioning i.a. Corporal Wilhelm Langer and the fact that he couldn't refuse his request.
80 2620 House of Orange Juliana Queen of the Netherlands 1909 2004 
= "(...) What fun you are going to see Beatrix these days. Yes, it's a pity she can't come to your home, it would have been a pilgrimage. I am sure it will be a wonderful trip and that she'll see and hear and experience so much that it will make a treasure of memories (...) Give my love to my dear daughter please! (...)".
80 2621 House of Orange Juliana Queen of the Netherlands 1909 2004 
- Envelope sl. dam. and w. a few (incorrect) annots.; envelope 2 stains from sellotape.
= With autograph note by Juliana in pen and ink: "Thank you so much for the very charming Baby Book and for all the good wishes it conveys. How extremely kind of you to think of us in this nice way. Here you see all my family".
80 2622 House of Orange Maria van Nassau 1556 1616 
80 2622 House of Orange Maria van Nassau 1556 1616 
- Some folds, soiling and a few sm. defects in blank parts (1x sl. affecting address on verso); upper right corner sl. stained; both right corners brittle and sl. frayed.
= Countess Maria of Nassau was the second daughter of Willem van Oranje (William the Silent) by his first wife Anna of Egmond and Buren. She was named after William's first daughter, Maria, who had died in infancy. Letter to Christiaan Huygens (1551-1624), secretary of Willem van Oranje, Frederik Hendrik and the Raad van State, father of Constantijn Huygens, asking for support in "(...) de saecke van Tielman Arahan[?] ende Glandine Bins[?], die ons nu wederom gebeden hebben dese in haer faveur te willen schrijven, als ghij bij de ingeleyde supplicatie breeder sult connen verstaen, ende hebben wij haer tzelve nijet willen weijgeren. Is derhalven ons bidden haer daerinne zulle behulp ende assistencie te willen doene, op dat zij eens tot goede expeditie mogen geraecken (...)".
80 2623 House of Orange Maurits Prince of Orange Stadholder 1567 1625 
- Mouldy and somewhat brittle in upper right corner.
= On the birth of Louis Maurice de la Trémoille, son of the Henri III de la Trémoïlle and Marie de La Tour (granddaughter of Willem van Oranje, sending a bill of exchange to the amount of 2.000 guilders with the request to hand over the money to "onsen Neve de Grave van Laval die wij versocht hebben daeruijt eenige vereeringe te doen aen den minne ende andere vrouwen die in de craem Camer van de Hertoginne van Tremoille gedient hebben ende de reste te emploijeren tot incoop van eene bagge off andere properheijt voorden jonggen gebooren soone van den hertoch van La Tremoille ende over wiens doop wij onsen voors. Neve versocht hebben uijt onsen name te staen ende onsen persoon te presenteren (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
80 2624 House of Orange Sophie Frederika Mathilda Queen of the Netherlands 1818 1877 
80 2624 House of Orange Sophie Frederika Mathilda Queen of the Netherlands 1818 1877 
- Several folds; occas. worn along folds; yellowed.
= Thanking the addressee for his gifts. Among which a book that belonged to general Washington, for whom she has "the greatest admiration". In return she sends him a portrait of Columbus because of her "sympathy for the United States, my admiration for the wonderful people of that country (...) in the development of their power and their glory." She also writes: "The fate of a woman -whatever place of Providence may have destined to her- remains always limited by homely duties. Those duties alone prevent me from crossing the ocean and visiting your country. Here in my beloved Netherlands, I try to diffuse light where light is wanted, hope where hope is needed, mutual confidence between all classes, that all may work together towards the great aim of public development and moral elevation."
80 2625 House of Orange Wilhelmina Queen of the Netherlands 1880 1962 
= Informing the addressee on the birth of Princess Juliana: "(...) Je M'empresse de Lui annoncer la naissance d'une Princesse, qui a reçu les noms de Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, Princesse d'Orange-Nassau, Duchesse de Mecklembeurg (...)".
ADDED: Idem. Typescript letter with signature stamp "Wilhelmina" to "Mevrouw de Wed. H. Formanoy van Aken", dated "'s Gravenhage Paleis Noordeinde 18 October 1946", 1 leaf w. printed letterhead (crowned "W"), w. the orig. envelope.
- Folded; pinholes in corners.
= Sending her condolances for the loss of the husband of Mrs. Formanoy, who was killed by the Germans on 8 March 1945.
AND a cyclostyled document w. manuscript entries concerning the release of Mrs Formanoy from prisoner camp Westerbork (browned, torn on folds).
80 2626 House of Orange Willem Frederik Crown Prince of Oranje Nassau 1772 1843 
80 2626 House of Orange Willem Frederik Crown Prince of Oranje Nassau 1772 1843 
80 2626 House of Orange Willem Frederik Crown Prince of Oranje Nassau 1772 1843 
- With modern annotations on verso.
= Important letter on the events leading up to the battle of Waterloo on June 18th, reading "Les prussiens ayant été attaqués, je vous prié de ressembler sans perte de temps votre division, au point de ressemblement, sur les hauteurs en arrière de Haine St. Pierre, ou vous attendez nos ordres." When the Dutch learned that their Prussian neighbors were being attacked by Napoleons army, General Chassé's infantry division and General Collaert's cavalry division were alerted to take defensive positions behind the River Haine and wait for orders by the Duke of Wellington. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
80 2627 House of Orange Willem Frederik Crown Prince of Oranje Nassau 1772 1843 
80 2627 House of Orange Willem Frederik Crown Prince of Oranje Nassau 1772 1843 
= All ordinances of military nature, i.a. ordering the General Major to assemble "drie mortieren van het zwaarste caliber, 3 à 4 Hauwitzers en 3 à 4 canons (...) met de nodige bediening en oorlogsbehoeftens" and make them available as soon as possible. Also ordering the General Major: "eene compagnie van het 4e bataillon artillerie landmilitie van Dordrecht naar Geertruidenberg te doen marcheeren, terwijl twee andere compagnien van hetzelfde bataillon den 26e dezer, mede van daar naar Geertruidenberg zullen marcheeren."
80 2628 House of Orange Willem I King of the Netherlands 1772 1843 
- Foxed.
= "The Prince of Orange (...) will be very thankfull if he [Benjamin West] will be so kind to give his directions that the Princess of Orange may see tomorrow between two and three o clock in the afternoon the Exhibition of Pictures at the Royal Academy, London (...)".
80 2629 House of Orange Willem I King of the Netherlands 1772 1843 
- Fine.
= Certificate of majority (Venia Aetatis) for "Cornelia Henrietta", the daughter of "Jonkheer Willem van Loon Janszoon te Amsterdam".
80 2630 House of Orange Willem I King of the Netherlands 1772 1843 
= Congratulating King Ferdinand II of Sicily (1810-1859) with the birth of his son, the later King Franz II of Sicily (1836-1859)
80 2631 House of Orange Willem II King of the Netherlands 1792 1849 
80 2631 House of Orange Willem II King of the Netherlands 1792 1849 
- Yellowed and w. old folds from sending.
= Offering the addressee his services and expressing his regrets that he hadn't been able to realise another project: "(...) je tâcherai donc arriver à la Haye d'arranger l'affaire en question selon vos désirs; - je saisis en même temps cette occasion de vous témoigner mes regrets de n'avoir pu réaliser le projet de lecture que nous avions formé (...)".