Comtesse GRIMALDI de MONACO (Caroline GILBERT, Comtesse de GRIMALDI by her marriage in 1816 to Forestan de Monaco. She became Princess in 1841 on her husband's accession to the Principality - Autograph letter signed, December 18, 1836, to the Comte de PORTALIS. 1 1/2 pages in-8°. Apostille from Joseph-Marie PORTALIS, 1st Comte de PORTALIS, Premier Président de la Cour de Cassation: "I am truly ashamed of my importunity... I have come to tire you again today, but entrusted by my absent husband, one of the sons and heirs of the Duchess de Mazarin, to look after his interests in the serious question which was submitted to the Court of Cassation in relation to the Riche and Weltré cases, I believe in order to fulfill my mission I must ask you to refer these cases to the Royal Court of Paris, being on the spot we will be able to take the necessary steps to obtain a definitive ruling more promptly...".