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VICPRIV - Private papers of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort

Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/QVLB
Title	Queen Victoria's Copy Letter Books
Date	29 February 1828 - 10 October 1843
Description	These paper notebooks include over 2000 copies made from the private correspondence of Princess Victoria (later Queen) with family and friends across Europe including royalty, aristocracy and statesmen. The volumes appear to have been numbered at the time. Volumes 1-16 have the note 'Letters written by Princess Victoria. Without any assistance' and are signed by Princess Victoria and signed or initialled by Baroness Lehzen. Subsequent volumes state that they include copies of letters by Princess Victoria until volume 43, which notes the now Queen Victoria's change of status. The first use of flimsy copies can be found in QVLB/69/14 and volume 70 is noted as containing 'Impressions of letters (written by the Queen) by the aid of a copying -machine', again signed by Baroness Lehzen. It seems that the copies to that point are in the hand of the Baroness, while the 'impressions' are in that of the Queen herself.
Language	English
	French
	German
Extent	165 volumes
Physical Description	Paper notebooks
Access Conditions	Available for research
Arrangement	Generally arranged in chronological order in each volume
Related Material	Notes of letters sent by Queen Victoria in 1842 and 1843 can be found in VIC/MAIN/Z/215 and VIC/MAIN/Z/217. Original letters to Prince Albert before their engagement in October 1839 can be found in VIC/MAIN/Z/163. Original letters to Leopold, King of the Belgians, may be found in VIC/MAIN/Y/88-91 and VIC/MAIN/Z/493. Copies of original letters to Feodore, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, can be found in VIC/ADD/U/171. Original letters to Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, may be found in VIC/ADD/A/24/1-18.
Publications	Some of the original letters will be found published in A.C. Benson and Viscount Esher ed. "The Letters of Queen Victoria", Volume 1.
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