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Autograph letter signed : Trieste, to Baron de Gayl, 1822 Dec. 8.

BIB_ID
298332
Accession number
MA 771.26
Creator
Bohle, Louis, 19th cent.
Display Date
1822 Dec. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Dated "le 8 Xbre 1822."
Ernest Gayl was an aide-de-camp to Jerome Bonaparte.
Part of a large collection of letters related to Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia; see main record for MA 771 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Imbert in 1911.
Summary
Arguing that only a noble should be able to win the right to purchase the Schönau property through the lottery.