BIB_ID
286754
Accession number
MA 861.7
Creator
Boissy d'Anglas, François Antoine, Comte de, 1756-1826.
Display Date
1817 June 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.8 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 50 autograph letters signed and 2 prints. Items in the collection are described in 52 individual records (MA 861.1-52).
With postmark and seal.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Discussing the act of writing in reference to La Fontaine's "Hare;" proposing a meeting; saying he is distressed about Elie de Montgolfier's illness (Madame Montgolfier's nephew).
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