BIB_ID
108117
Accession number
MA 157.84
Creator
Cooper, Samuel, 1759-1809
Display Date
1798 Nov. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
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.
With Cooper's notary seal and with an additional signed attestation on the verso that, "at the request of the Hon'ble Elbridge Gerry, He delivered the original Letters, (enclosed in a Packet to the Secretary of State) to Jon'a Hastings Post Master Boston."
With Cooper's notary seal and with an additional signed attestation on the verso that, "at the request of the Hon'ble Elbridge Gerry, He delivered the original Letters, (enclosed in a Packet to the Secretary of State) to Jon'a Hastings Post Master Boston."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Certifying to the signature of Charles Maurice Talleyrand.
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