VICTORIA (1819-1901) Queen of Great Britain. L.A.S., Windsor Castle June 17, 1840, to Queen Marie-Amélie; 3pages in-4 with her gilded arms; in French. Thanks for the letter received from Marie-Amélie, following the assassination attempt by a madman on Victoria and her husband on June 10, 1840: "I was quite sure that you would take an interest in this strange event. You know, alas! so well, as you say, the feelings one must have at such a moment. Only I find that those who are themselves the objects of such an attack suffer less fright (which was the case for us) than those who witness it. We were saved and preserved, Madame, in a quite miraculous way, and we cannot be grateful enough to Providence. Fortunately I did not suffer even for a moment, nor did my beloved Albert"...