Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine's letter to her mother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Ireland, dated August 9, 1862

Source:

Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland: Biographical Sketch and Letters, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1884

https://archive.org/details/alicegrandduches03alic/page/42/mode/2up

Above: Alice with her husband, Prince Louis of Hesse, photographed by John Jabez Edwin Mayall.

Above: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Ireland, photographed by Ghémar Frères.

The letter:

August 9th.

Next Monday we are going to Auerbach, to live there for a little time. It lies in the Bergstrasse, and is very healthy. The Grand Duke allows us to inhabit one of the houses.

German translation (my own):

9. August.

Am kommenden Montag fahren wir nach Auerbach, um dort für kurze Zeit zu wohnen. Es liegt in der Bergstraße und ist sehr gesund. Der Großherzog erlaubt uns, eines der Häuser zu bewohnen.