Identity area
Reference code
Carrighan/Box 2/3-4/32
Unique identifier
GB 275 Carrighan/Box 2/3-4/32
Title
Autograph letter, signed, in French, from Frederic Maurice, Paris
Date(s)
- 27 May 1819 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3p 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
Enquires after AJC's health after his shipwreck. Is going to Switzerland shortly. Discusses the work of his friend, the historian, Sismouth, who is working on a history of France, and comments on his portrait of the French national character. Gives news of the current theatre fashions in Paris.