Identity area
Reference code
Carrighan/Box 2/3-4/28
Unique identifier
GB 275 Carrighan/Box 2/3-4/28
Title
Autograph letter, signed, in French, from Frederic Maurice, Paris
Date(s)
- 19 February 1816 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4p Manuscript paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1781-1845)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Discusses the settling of accounts for the books they have sent each other. Comments on the bad winter which Paris has suffered and his poor health. Also notes that the weather has been bad in the South of France and Switzerland. Is looking forward to his summer trip to Switzerland and hopes AJC will be there too. Discusses Paris theatre and comments on French national character in times of trouble. Also discusses English newspapers and French censorship. Gives a list of books he would like AJC to acquire for him.