Handwritten endorsement, in Cyrillic, signed, “Maria,” on a one-page manuscript document, also in Cyrillic, 8.5 x 10, dated December 13, 1824. Document is a request from the director of an orphanage Maria was supervising, asking for permission for the gardener to do some work around a fence at the facility. Endorsed in the upper left, “Allowed. Maria. St. Petersburg, 14th of December 1824.” Endorsement circled in blue pencil, pencil notation to bottom, and marginal binding holes to left edge, otherwise fine condition. RR Auction COA.
