BIB_ID
366413
Accession number
MA 157.88
Creator
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838.
Display Date
[1798 May 30].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Date of writing is given as "11 prairial an 6 de la rep. une et indivisible."
Endorsed on verso; indicating this is Letter No. 6.
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.
Endorsed on verso; indicating this is Letter No. 6.
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
Sending him an article from the London Gazette which refers to conversations held in secret by the envoys; asking him to reveal the identities of W, X, Y and Z and of the woman who had conversations with Mr. Pinckney; asking for his help and congratulating him on not being caught in the deception.
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