BIB_ID
303582
Accession number
MA 303.39
Creator
Mercy-Argenteau, Florimond-Claude, comte de, 1727-1794.
Display Date
1793 Apr. 10.
Credit line
Purchased from Countess Mercy-Argenteau, 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.6 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.
Provenance
Purchased from Countess Mercy-Argenteau through Goldthwaite in 1904.
Summary
Saying that he is happy to be in Brussels where he will be meeting with the Duc d'Arenberg, the Prince de Cobourg, and the Comte de Metternich; feeling cautiously optimistic about the "new order of things"; telling him that he does not think that Dumouriez's plan of marching on Paris is realistic because of divisions among the army but that there is nonetheless a lot to gain from the current situation; mentioning that Mr. de Cobentzel [Cobenzel] is chancellor in Italy.
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