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Collection	Correspondence of Foreign Royal Families
Reference	GEO/MAIN/52229
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Augusta, Dowager Duchess of Brunswick, to George III on the death of her husband, her distress and the ruinous state of her finances.
Date	15 November 1806
Writer	Brunswick, Augusta, Dowager Duchess of (1737-1813)
Addressee	George III, King
Description	The Duchess writes that she was taken away from her husband at Altona, where he died, because of the danger she was in from the French; she describes her anguish at leaving the Duke in the hands of the untrustworthy Montjoye Frochberg; she and her sons are being kindly treated by the Danish royal family, but her money is in Brunswick in the hands of the French.
Place Of Writing	Augustenburg
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
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