BIB_ID
303478
Accession number
MA 304.17
Display Date
1851 Feb. 27.
Credit line
Purchased from Countess Mercy-Argenteau, 1904.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 26.8 cm
Notes
Address panel is tipped in ahead of the letter.
Engraved letterhead and a note in an unknown hand at head of letter identify author as the "Minister of Foreign Affairs."
Letter is signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs (signature illegible) and is probably written in the hand of his secretary.
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.
Engraved letterhead and a note in an unknown hand at head of letter identify author as the "Minister of Foreign Affairs."
Letter is signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs (signature illegible) and is probably written in the hand of his secretary.
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
: Informing him that the historical memo he wrote about his diplomatic mission in Munich (1812-13) will be placed in the Ministry's archives as evidence of his role during the period and providing a first-hand account of an era in the interest of historical truth.
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