BIB_ID
286897
Accession number
MA 861.48
Creator
Boissy d'Anglas, François Antoine, Comte de, 1756-1826.
Display Date
1824 [Oct. 3?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 20.3 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 date may read August rather than October.
With seal.
The date may read August rather than October.
With seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Reminiscing about his time as Deputy of the Ile d'Oléron; mentioning Romanticism, Lord Byron, and Chateaubriand; saying that he is satisfied with the King's decision to abolish censorship [of the press].
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