BIB_ID
303476
Accession number
MA 304.16
Creator
Mercy-Argenteau, François Joseph Charles Marie, comte de, 1780-1869.
Display Date
1851 Feb. 20.
Credit line
Purchased from Countess Mercy-Argenteau, 1904.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.2 cm
Notes
Letter is a copy of the original, in an unknown hand, and is signed by the Comte de Mercy-Argenteau.
Note at head of letter identifies recipient.
Part of a collection of autograph letters and documents relating to the Comte de Mercy-Argenteau. Items in this collection have been described individually in 18 separate catalog records (MA 304.1-18 ); see collection-level record for more information.
Note at head of letter identifies recipient.
Part of a collection of autograph letters and documents relating to the Comte de Mercy-Argenteau. Items in this collection have been described individually in 18 separate catalog records (MA 304.1-18 ); see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from Countess Mercy-Argenteau through Goldthwaite in 1904.
Summary
Discussing his former post as Minister of France in Bavaria (1812-13) in conjunction with a publication referencing Baron Bignon's L'Histoire de France sous Napoleon, where the author makes inexact allegations about Bavaria and the Minister of France.
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