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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/Z/296/42
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria written on New Year's Eve 1839
Date	31 December 1839
Writer	Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Prince Albert writes to Queen Victoria on New Year's Eve in response to a letter from her. He writes that he does not want her to think of herself as unworthy of him and says 'I would allow no one in the world to say such a thing; therefore I may not suffer it from you, for I cannot hear my dear good Victoria disparged.' He mentions that he is pleased to hear the the Coburg succession has been 'very much liked' in England and also mentions his dogs Nus and Eos. He also encloses a poem given to him by a clergyman (see VIC/MAIN/Z/296/43).
Place Of Writing	Gotha
Language	German
Extent	1 document (12 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Related Material	For related material see VIC/MAIN/Z/296/43.
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 46-47.
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