MARIE-CLOTILDE of France. L.A.S., Turin December 19, 1791, [to her friend Mme de Bombelles]; 2pages in-4. She recalls "the happy times of our childhood that we spent together"... She speaks of Madame Élisabeth, "my unfortunate but very respectable sister, her fate is becoming more dreadful every day, especially being at the moment of losing all the help of Our Holy Religion, what will become of her and what will she do [...] what inexpressible joy it would be for my heart, to see her again, and even more to see her escaped from a captivity of a prison of a Tirannie of which there are no examples"... Attached is a brevet de "Dame surnuméraire pour accompagner Madame Elizabeth" in favor of the Marquise de Bombelles, signed by Louis XVI (secretary) and by Amalot, Versailles February 12, 1778 (oblong velion in-4).