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Autograph letter signed with initials : Bougival, to Madame Montgolfier, 1820 Oct. 15.

BIB_ID
286809
Accession number
MA 861.21
Creator
Boissy d'Anglas, François Antoine, Comte de, 1756-1826.
Display Date
1820 Oct. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 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).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Discussing at length the portrait busts of Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier and the artist [James] Pradier; expressing concern over her health; informing her that he told the Paris Court that if they keep pressuring him he will move to Annonay and never come back.