BIB_ID
286877
Accession number
MA 861.34
Creator
Boissy d'Anglas, François Antoine, Comte de, 1756-1826.
Display Date
1821 [Oct.?] 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.7 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 is not clear and may read August rather than October.
The month is not clear and may read August rather than October.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Inquiring after her; sharing his views on upcoming elections in France and political life in England; discussing at length the construction of monuments to the Montgolfier brothers; sharing an anecdote about Joseph II and Empress Catherine.
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