FRÉDÉRIC-GUILLAUME III DE PRUSSE. 2 letters signed "Frédéric - Lot 43

FRÉDÉRIC-GUILLAUME III DE PRUSSE. 2 letters signed "Frédéric Guillaume", each with 3 autograph lines, addressed to NAPOLEON I. 1809. - Königsberg [then in East Prussia, now Kaliningrad in Russia], 4 October 1809. "Mister my brother, THE QUEEN MY WIFE HAVING BEEN HAPPY DELIVERED TODAY OF A PRINCE, I hasten to inform Your Imperial & Royal Majesty of this pleasant event, in which I do not doubt that She does not want to take some interest. I wish on my side to find frequent occasions to testify to Your Imperial & Royal Majesty the feelings of perfect esteem & friendship which I have dedicated to him and with which I will not cease to be, [from the hand of the king of Prussia:] Sir my brother, of Your Imperial and Royal Majesty, the good brother and friend Frederic Guillaume " (1/2 p. in-4). - Berlin, December 26, 1809. "Sir my brother, HAVING DEEMED IT APPROPRIATE TO RECALL FROM PARIS THE MINISTER OF STATE BARON OF BROCKHAUSEN WHO HAS HAD THE HONOR TO RESIDE THERE UNTIL NOW in the capacity of my envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary near Your Imperial and Royal Majesty, I do not defer to inform her of this determination [Karl-Christian von Brockhausen represented the king of Prussia in Paris since the treaty of Tilsit]. I beg her to allow this minister to leave her and to receive from him on this occasion the reiterated expression of my feelings for her, and of the constant wishes that I form for her satisfaction and happiness. I will be very eager, Sire, to fulfill the honorable mission which the Baron de Brockhausen occupied, and I only ask that I make a choice for this purpose which will be agreeable to Your Imperial and Royal Majesty, desiring very much that She will want to find in it a new proof of my perfect friendship, of my invariable attachment to the intimate relations which unite me to Her, and of the high esteem and consideration with which I am, [from the hand of the King of Prussia:] Monsieur mon frère, de Votre Majesté Impériale et Royale, le bon frère et ami Frédéric Guillaume" (2/3 p. folio). ATTACHED, FROM THE SAME, an autograph bill to the Countess of Saint-Aulaire. S.l., "this 3rd at eight o'clock in the morning". "I was so tormented yesterday by a violent rheumatism in the head that it was impossible for me to come and take leave of you. I am leaving before eleven o'clock. Will you perhaps allow me to come and see you at about ten o'clock?