BONAPARTE PAULINE: (1780-1825) Duchess of Guastalla. Favourite younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Wife of Prince ...

BONAPARTE PAULINE: (1780-1825) Duchess of Guastalla. Favourite younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Wife of Prince Borghese. A.L.S. 'P. Pauline Borghese', 3 pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Mr. Vannotelli, in French. Pauline explains about the payment of wages to her employee Andrea and that she had been overpaid by Vannotelli, wanting this to be rectified, and stating '..will have to report to me for an additional 20 piasters, about the payment of the people I had already fixed…' Further and before concluding she explains '18 cotton towels and 4 woolen coats were made on my order…' On a post-scriptum Pauline refers to a letter she is enclosing to be forwarded to her sister Caroline. With addressee leaf bearing a red wax seal. Overall age wear and creasing, with irregularly torn bottom edge, and a small area of paper loss to the upper edge of the address leaf due to the opening of the letter. F