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Collection	Correspondence of Foreign Royal Families
Reference	GEO/MAIN/51939-51940
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Augusta Carolina, Duchess of Württemberg, to her parents the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick
Date	2 November 1782
Writer	Württemberg, Augusta Carolina, Duchess of (1764-1788)
Addressee	Brunswick, Charles, Duke of (1735-1806)
Addressee	Brunswick, Augusta, Duchess of (1737-1813)
Description	Dated both 21 October (Russian calendar) and 2 November. The Duchess writes of her enjoyment of the social life of St Petersburg; she is well, it is not too cold and she is learning Russian; she is amused to find that she is thought to be the daughter of the King of England, and the Empress has given her a carriage with an English cypher, although people are surprised that she doesn't know English.
Place Of Writing	St Petersburg
Language	French
Extent	1 document (3 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper, mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
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