Letter of State of Queen Victoria, Congratulating a Newly-Elected President in Latin America
"We assure you that it is our earnest desire to maintain and improve the relations of friendship which happily subsist between Great Britain and the Dominican Republic".
On June 20, 1837, she acceded to the throne of Great Britain upon the death of her uncle, King William IV, and reigned for 64 years. Her person so dominated the age that it took on her very name – Victorian. Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-1893), was a...
On June 20, 1837, she acceded to the throne of Great Britain upon the death of her uncle, King William IV, and reigned for 64 years. Her person so dominated the age that it took on her very name – Victorian. Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-1893), was a British statesman and son of a three-time prime minister. In 1866, he became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in his father's third administration. This position was similar to that of an American Secretary of State.
Letter Signed, two pages folio on both sides of one sheet, Windor Castle, November 5, 1866, to the President of the Dominican Republic, whom she addresses as “Our Good Friend”. “We have received the letter which you addressed to us on the 6th of October last, and in which you acquaint us that you had been elected by the result of the vote of the Dominican people to the Presidency of the Republic. We request you to accept our sincere congratulations on this signal mark of the esteem and confidence of your fellow citizens, and we assure you that it is our earnest desire to maintain and improve the relations of friendship which happily subsist between Great Britain and the Dominican Republic, and to which we attach a high value. And so we recommend you to the protection of the Almighty…”
Beneath the Queen’s signature, Stanley has signed as well. The front of the letter is bordered in black, a continuing sign of the Queen’s mourning for her husband, Prince Albert, who had died a full five years previously. There is a moderate amount of foxing on the letter, but the writing is strong and bold. This is the first Letter of State of Queen Victoria that we can recall seeing.
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