Letter from Queen Victoria to the President

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Letter from Queen Victoria to the President

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SNAC Resource ID: 11612448

National Archives at College Park

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Bruce, Frederick W. A. (Frederick William Adolphus), Sir, 1814-1867

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British diplomat. Born in Scotland, he served on missions to Washington, D.C. and China, was colonial secretary at Hong Kong, lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland, consul-general and charge d'affaires to Bolivia, charge d'affaires to Uruguay, agent and consul-general in Egypt, ambassador and chief superintendent of British trade in China, and an ambassador to the U.S. From the description of Papers, 1860. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38744909 ...