BIB_ID
303565
Accession number
MA 303.32
Creator
Mercy-Argenteau, Florimond-Claude, comte de, 1727-1794.
Display Date
1793 Feb. 2.
Credit line
Purchased from Countess Mercy-Argenteau, 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 19.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters to the Comte de La Marck. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This is the second of two letters dated Feb. 2, 1793; this one was written "au soir."
This is the second of two letters dated Feb. 2, 1793; this one was written "au soir."
Provenance
Purchased from Countess Mercy-Argenteau through Goldthwaite in 1904.
Summary
Saying that he concurs with his thoughts about the Queen [Marie-Antoinette] but that they are impossible to put into practice; telling him about the difficulty and dangers associated with dealing with “villains” [French revolutionaries]; informing him of the latest developments in France.
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