[House of ORLEANS]. 8 letters. - Lot 296

[House of ORLEANS]. 8 letters. CORRESPONDENCE SENT BY THE D’ORLEANS FAMILY TO AUGUSTE TROGNON (1795–1873), HISTORIAN AND FORMER TUTOR TO THE PRINCE OF JOINVILLE. - FERDINAND-PHILIPPE D’ORLEANS (1810–1842), thanking him for his letter on the occasion of his name day; a lighthearted letter in which he apologizes for being so brief. “(…) Please don’t be upset with me if I end this letter already before having written anything at all; if I were to recount now everything I’ve seen, everything I’ve done, what would I have left to tell you when I return? I would thereby lose a resource that might be useful to me during the long, cold November evenings that we are destined—not to say condemned—to spend in the countryside.” And he blamed his teachers, Fleury and Boismilon; “It is entirely their fault that I have remained so ignorant on this very important point of epistolary style.” (handwritten letter, undated, 1½ pages, double-leaf in-4 format, address and red wax seal on the reverse). - MADAME ADELAÏDE D’ORLEANS (1777–1747). “(…) I did not reply immediately to your first letter because there was nothing left to say or do regarding Joinville’s ears, since the matter that had been troubling us had been resolved. ” She accepts Madame de Senneville’s proposal to “correct the poorly inscribed epitaphs on the tombs of my poor brothers (…).” She goes on to discuss the royal family; “Chica writes to me that her little one is doing quite well and is not suffering from weaning (…). I am also very pleased that my dear children are doing well and are not getting too bored in Randan; as is dear little Lolonie, who is with them (…). ” She hopes to see him again soon in Eu, etc. (handwritten letter, Neuilly, July 25, 1845, 4 pp., in-8). - FRANÇOISE, DUCHESS OF CHARTRES (1844–1925). News from the royal family following Trognon’s departure for Claremont; mentioning the Queen and walks with Robert in England. “Yesterday we attended the 8:00 a.m. Mass at the Queen’s residence to join Robert in prayer as much as possible. The poor boy was quite moved (…). ” (handwritten letter, St-Léonard, April 13 (1863), 4 pp., in-8); - LOUIS-PHILIPPE D’ORLEANS, COUNT OF PARIS (1838–1894), discussing HIS SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR. “(…) My brother and I are now very busy. Knowing that this opportunity to learn a little about the military profession will be limited to a short period of time, I want to make the most of it.” General McClellan is providing their military training. “That does not prevent us from eagerly awaiting the moment when the decisive campaign will begin for us (…) thanks to the successes of the Union forces in the West (…). Moreover, I leave it to my Uncle Joinville to keep the residents of Claremont informed of the major events that are beginning to unfold around us. ” He confides in Trognon about his aunt’s concerns and about his uncle Joinville, torn between his work in America—"where he is not treated as a pariah"—and his duty to return to Europe. Regarding the news arriving from Plymouth and Norton. “According to his information, Jeffs assured me that the French fleet was supposed to have left Saturday morning for Plymouth (…). He must have had a thousand copies of his uncle’s article, all bound (…), which proves that printing is faster in London than in Paris (…). ” (2 letters, Washington, February 1862, and Twickenham, September 1865, 7½ pp. and 7 pp., in-12 format). - ANTOINE D’ORLEANS, DUCHESS OF MONTPENSIER (1824–1890). Thanking him for the family news and recalling her exile in 1848 and after the disaster of 1870 (2 letters, November 1848 and 1870), 5 pp. in-8 and in-12, letterhead). - LOUISE-FERNANDE, DUCHESS OF MONTPENSIER (1832–1897); shortly after Marie-Amélie’s death, thanking him for giving her, as a gift, a devotional book belonging to the queen, which she would keep “as a first relic (…). “The death of our beloved mother was a terrible blow to all of us. I don’t need to tell you how much we suffered from being so far away (…).”