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Autograph letter signed with initials : Offenbourg, to Jean Antoine Rostaing, 1797 Dec. 5.

BIB_ID
295892
Accession number
MA 2068.5
Creator
Brillat-Savarin, 1755-1826.
Display Date
1797 Dec. 5.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows, 1960.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.1 cm
Notes
Dated "le 15 frimaire."
Part of a collection of 44 letters from Brillat-Savarin to Rostaing. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 2068.1-44).
With postmark and seal.
Summary
Saying he accepted the position of Lieutenant Criminel; telling him he has not been paid since he left Paris; mentioning the brief passing of Bonaparte in Offenbourg and his fallout with Augereau; discussing the Hanover expedition; sharing his impression of German women.