BIB_ID
119438
Accession number
MA 2697.6
Creator
Vigny, Alfred de, 1797-1863.
Display Date
1837 Mar. 4.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Whitridge in honor of Frederick B. Adams Jr., 1969.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 21.4 cm
Notes
Address panel, with seal and postmarks, to "Monsieur Auguste Cavé, 2 rue des Trois Mulets, Toulouse."
Part of a collection of letters from Alfred de Vigny to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters from Alfred de Vigny to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Whitridge in honor of Frederick B. Adams Jr. in 1969.
Summary
Indicating that he received his letter announcing his "verses" during the hectic period around the opening of Chatterton, but has not yet seen the work; stating that he'd be happy to receive it and thanking him for having dedicated it to him; encouraging him, by his own example, not to let "our indifferent and disdainful public" prevent him from realizing success; acknowledging his role in the success of "the admirable Kitty Bell" [actress Marie Dorval] in Toulouse.
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