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‘We are so vexed & not our fault’: Augusta first Empress of Germany Augusta of Saxe-Weimar wife of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Autograph Letter Signed in English to Lady Ashbourne regarding a conflict of invitations with the Abercorns.

25130 — ‘Easter Sunday / 1887.’ On letterhead of the Royal Hospital Dublin. In 1858 her son Frederick married Princess Victoria the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; her grandson was Kaiser Wilhem III. For Lady Ashbourne see her husband’s entry in the Oxford DNB. 3pp 12mo. Bifolium with mourning border. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once for postage. Before receiving Lady Ashbourne’s invitation ‘The Duke & Duchess of Abercorns sic my Cousins had begged us attend a Masonic Concert the 18th. & we accepted & now the Duchess writes they will be at the Vice Regal Lodge so perhaps all are going for the Second Part from your Dinner otherwise the Prince does not like to throw over the Abercorns we are so vexed & not our fault’. See Image of pp.2-3. ‘Easter Sunday / 1887.’ On letterhead of the Royal Hospital, Dublin. unknown