BIB_ID
365899
Accession number
MA 157.25
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
[1798 Jan. 13].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Monsieur Gerry, Député des / Etats unis de l'amérique, hotel / d'Elbeuf, rue de vaugirard, / faub'g / Germain."
Dated "ce Dimanche 24 Nivôse, an 6;" according to the calendar 24 Nivôse was a Saturday, not a Sunday.
Docketed on verso.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Dated "ce Dimanche 24 Nivôse, an 6;" according to the calendar 24 Nivôse was a Saturday, not a Sunday.
Docketed on verso.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Concerning the rapprochement between France and the United States; informing him that he has spoken with Mr. Bellamy and assuring him that Mr. Bellamy has the complete confidence of Minister Talleyrand; arranging for a meeting.
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