This collection is located on-site.
Collection includes 67 letters and telegrams, by Alexander's older brother Nikolaĭ; 65 letters and notes, some copies, by Nicholas II, from 1902-1913; a drawing and notes by Alexander III; and drafts of letters by Meshcherskiĭ. Also included is a group of letters in different hands hitherto identified as having been written by Nikolaĭ, Duke of Leuchtenberg, to Meshcherskiĭ.
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This collection is located on-site.
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Letters: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1953.
Letters: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1956.
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Letters Accessioned 1953.
Letters Accessioned 1956.
Letters Processed 02/--/80.
Widely viewed as one of the most abominable figures in Russian history, and a close associate of Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II, Meshcherskiĭ edited for many years the right-wing periodical "Grazhdanin.".
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