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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/Z/296/36
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria regarding his Household and enclosing a copy of his family tree
Date	15 December 1839
Writer	Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Prince Albert writes to Queen Victoria in German and English, enclosing a 'historical account' of his ancestors which he writes has been translated into English by F. Schenk (see VIC/MAIN/Z/296/37). Albert then writes a passage in English, again relating to the choice of the members of his Household. He writes of his doubts concerning Mr Anson being appointed as his Treasurer, saying that he does not know him personally and is also concerned that as Mr Anson is Lord Melbourne's Secretary he may be viewed as partisan by others.
Place Of Writing	Coburg
Language	German
Language	English
Extent	1 document (12 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within "Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy"
Publications	Letter translated and published in 'Letters of the Prince Consort 1831-1861 / selected and edited by Dr. Kurt Jagow ; translated by E.T.S. Dugdale. 1938, pages 39-41.
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