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PETER I ("Peter the Great") (1682-1725), Czar of Russia . Letter signed ("Piotr") to an unidentified sister, a Princess, St. Petersburg, 10 September 1718. 1 page, large folio, 350 x 225 mm. (13 x 8.7/8 in.), integral blank, slight browning at extreme edges, repairs on verso to edges and small tear, not affecting text, in Russian. TO HIS SISTER, PETER ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER A formal announcement of a royal birth: "Most Honorable Princess, my Beloved Sister, the gracious Lord Almighty was so good and kind to my beloved Empress and wife as to honor our love the twentieth day of August last by happily delivering her of a princess daughter, whom we have named Natalia. In view of our great friendship and love and brotherly and sisterly friendship we are very happy to announce this event and you will I am sure share this great happiness with us; and I, in my turn, assure you of my best wishes and love. And wishing happiness to you and blessing you." The baby had been named for Peter's mother, Natalia Naryshkin, wife of Czar Alexey I (1629-1676).