BIB_ID
356575
Accession number
MA 711.38
Creator
Wittgenstein, Wilhelm Ludwig Georg, Graf, 1770-1851.
Display Date
1799 Sept. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
2 items (3 p.) ; 22.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope is addressed to "Monsieur de Tyrwhitt a Hambourg." Envelope with seal.
Part of a collection of letters and documents related to the debts of George IV; see main record for MA 711 for more information.
Part of a collection of letters and documents related to the debts of George IV; see main record for MA 711 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
Summary
Two very similar letters (a draft and a final copy?) informing Tyrwhitt that his departure without taking leave of Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse-Kassel, caused a sensation; noting that the departure caused negotiations to break down; asking him to make known his intentions; emphasizing that he is happy to be of service to him.
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