Letter from François-Claude-Michel-Benoît Le Camus de Néville to Alexandre Marie de Dompierre d’Hornoy, undated
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CMV33724
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MS 46 (C)
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Letter from François-Claude-Michel-Benoît Le Camus de Néville to Alexandre Marie de Dompierre d’Hornoy, undated
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Brief Summary:
Letter from François-Claude-Michel-Benoît Le Camus de Néville to Alexandre Marie de Dompierre d’Hornoy, undated.
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Physical Description
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4 ff.
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208 x 160 mm
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The paper is watermarked with text reading: ‘VJ & FJ DANGOVLEME’.
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The MS features both horizontal and vertical fold lines, suggesting that the letter had been folded into four at one stage. The text sparkles due to particles of drying sand having been absorbed into the ink. There is a small smudge of ink at the bottom of p.2.
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Undecorated
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One large line has been drawn to the left of the beginning of the text on p.1.
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Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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