ANTIQUE 1827 NOBILITY LETTER, GERMAN CHAMBERLAIN TO BRITISH DIPLOMAT, RARE For Sale

Original 1827 Handwritten Letter from Brussels.

Figure: G. von Buttlar, Chamberlain to the Electress of Hassia (Hesse-Kassel, Germany).

Details: A fantastic piece of 19th-century European diplomatic correspondence! Written entirely in English and dated May 2, 1827, in Brussels. Chamberlain Buttlar writes to a "Sir Taylor" (likely a British diplomat) to politely decline a social evening because a relative traveling to Paris is passing through. Note the charming English idiosyncrasies of the writer (such as writing "sorrow" instead of "sorry"). A rare, personal glimpse into European court social circles.