Third-person ALS signed in the text “the Queen,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 6.75, gilt-embossed personal letterhead, July 15, 1851. Victoria writes to the Duke of Wellington. In part: “In consequence of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington’s last letter the Prince … obtained his concurrence that an exception to the rule as a special mark of the Queen’s favor might be made in General Bowles’ case in conferring the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Bath…. Lord Grey is accordingly prepared to submit General Bowles’ cause to the Queen for that honour….” Part of the adjacent leaf remains intact. In good condition, with faint show-through, soiling, wrinkling, and small separations at folds. R&R COA.
