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Autograph letter signed with initials : Paris, to Madame Montgolfier, 1818 [Oct. 2].

BIB_ID
286757
Accession number
MA 861.10
Creator
Boissy d'Anglas, François Antoine, Comte de, 1756-1826.
Display Date
1818 [Oct. 2].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.5 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).
The month of the date is illegible but appears to be October.
With seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Discussing at length her retreat to the forest of Fontainebleau; mentioning Chateaubriand "l'oiseau du desert."