BIB_ID
107606
Accession number
MA 157.92
Creator
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838.
Display Date
[1798 June 18].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Date of writing is given as "30 Prairial, an 6."
Endorsed on verso; indicating this is Letter No. 16.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Endorsed on verso; indicating this is Letter No. 16.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Expressing hope that he will stay in Paris to continue negotiations; outlining, at length and in detail, three points on which negotiations must rely; suggesting the need for a declaration on the obligations of the treaties with relation to commerce and navigation; encouraging him to remain in Paris; fearing his departure will lead to unfavorable consequences for both nations.
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