BIB_ID
129086
Accession number
MA 157.26
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
[1798 Jan. 17].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.0 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso with the date "28 Nivôse, 17 Jany / 1798
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.
The first two pages of the letter are in an unknown hand; the final three paragraphs are in the autograph of Beaumarchais with his signature.
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.
The first two pages of the letter are in an unknown hand; the final three paragraphs are in the autograph of Beaumarchais with his signature.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Offering a detailed analysis of a speech given by President John Adams, a translation of which he has been provided by the Commissioners; addressing his concern that the speech was a thinly veiled attack on the Directory; concluding by saying he will discuss it further with him when he sees him.
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