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Letter signed : Rome, to an unidentified recipient, 1785 April 23.

BIB_ID
400289
Accession number
MA 2691.297
Creator
Antonelli, Leonardo, 1730-1811.
Display Date
1785 April 23.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.7 x 17.8 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso.
Address panel has removed.
Embossed seal; residual wax.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Man with a hat riding an animal holding a cross over a bridge inscribed in coat of arms with decorations around it,"FABRIANO" at bottom.
Watermark: Man with a hat riding an animal holding a cross over a bridge inscribed in coat of arms with decorations around it, crown above.
Watermark: Countermark: AM SERAFINI[?] in banner. Fabriano mark.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Saying to his recipient that after the receipt of his polite letter of the 17th century, he has asked Abbot Pecci to inform him as soon as he has received his authorization to draw up the well known document; adding that he will notify him as soon as the matter will have been concluded.