Arago.
80.
FOUR NOTES OF FREDERICK WILLIAM THE FOURTH TO HUMBOLDT.
I.
23d December, 1836 (at Night).
The quasi nameless number[[39]] may expect the mildest of sentences. It will, doubtless, be commuted to six months, and three years’ incapacity to hold office. You may therefore send some comfort, at least as a Christmas present, to the faithful Crefeld. Perhaps!!?!! I shall succeed in procuring the full pardon of this list. It is, however, revolting and horrible to let the poor boy languish so long in a loathsome hole. Leaving the respectability of his parents out of the question, had they been fools or knaves, it could scarcely be excused. Shall we see each other to-night?
Fr. W.
II.
Cherissime Humboldt, you are acquainted with all the pretenders to all the crowns. Please read the inclosed letter, and inform me who the Seigneur Cados may be—who were his father, mother, and ancestors, and also what are his titles to the crown of France, which I shall certainly try to procure for him?
Frederic Guillaume, Pr. Royal.
B. 21 Feb., 1839.