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Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) Letter Signed to King Francis II of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Buckingham Palace [London], 30 May 1859.
Two quarto pages, with integral blank and the original envelope, remnants of red wax seal; congratulating Francis II (1836-1894) upon becoming King [which occurred on May 22, 1859], 9 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.
"I have directed the Honourable Henry George Elliot, my Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Denmark, to proceed to the Court of Your Majesty, for the special purpose of offering to You my cordial congratulations on Your accession to the Throne. [...] I request that Your Majesty will give entire credence to all that he shall say to You in my name on this occasion. [...] He will assure Your Majesty of my ardent wishes for Your personal happiness and for the long continuance and prosperity of Your reign, as well as for the reestablishment of those amicable relations between the two Crowns, to which I attach a high value."
