^Lot 245 Maria Feodorovna

Second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia and mother of Tsar Alexander I and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. Ink endorsement, signed “Maria,” dated September 15, 1824, in the left border of a document, in old Russian, sent to Maria by an orphanage director. The director asks to buy clothes for five girls graduating from the orphanage, with Maria writing “I cannot refuse it. Maria.” Dated underneath in an unknown hand, “Pavlovsk, September 15, 1824.” Central horizontal and vertical fold, blue pencil circle around endorsement and date, and some mild toning, otherwise fine condition.