^Lot 207 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 July 24, 1824, in the left border of a document, in old Russian, sent to Maria by an orphanage director. The director asks the Empress to accept 11 new girls from poor peasant families, with Maria writing “Allow. Maria.” Dated underneath in an unknown hand, “In Pavlovsk, 24th day of July, 1824.” Central horizontal and vertical fold, blue pencil circle around endorsement and date, and some mild toning, otherwise fine condition.