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Letter from Bon-Joseph Dacier to Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, 1813 February 9 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
189620
Accession number
MA 23592
Creator
Dacier, Bon-Joseph, 1742-1833.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, 1813 February 9.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; (8vo)
Notes
Addressed to Clarke in his position as Minister of War.
Written on the stationery of "Le Secretaire perpétual de la Classe."
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of Alexis Brialmont, History of the life of Arthur, duke of Wellington (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1860); PML 7901-7916; volume V, page 331.
Summary
Requesting that John Spencer Stanhope, who has been a prisoner for over two years, be given permission to continue his travels for the purpose of studying the antiquities of Greece and Asia Minor; recalling the similar case of Edward Dodwell and the successful results of allowing him to pursue his studies.