Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : place not specified, to Jean Antoine Rostaing, [1804?].

BIB_ID
295937
Accession number
MA 2068.18
Creator
Brillat-Savarin, 1755-1826.
Display Date
[1804?].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows, 1960.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 25.6 cm
Notes
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
Telling him that he dismisses epigrams made by people from the provinces; sending him verses and [Grimod de la Reynière's] Almanach des gourmands; telling him about the course of action he is taking to repay his debts to his siblings; saying he is delighted to hear about his blissful life; musing on the meaning of happiness; informing him of the latest political developments.