MÉHÉE DE LA TOUCHE Jean-Claude Hippolyte [, 1762 -, 1827], d - Lot 54

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MÉHÉE DE LA TOUCHE Jean-Claude Hippolyte [, 1762 -, 1827], d - Lot 54
MÉHÉE DE LA TOUCHE Jean-Claude Hippolyte [, 1762 -, 1827], diplomat and spy. Autograph letter signed, addressed to Monsieur de Beaumarchais. 2 pages in-4°. Lack at top of page due to opening of letter, rough restoration on page with address. "I received, yesterday evening, almost as I was going to bed, a little memento signed Choquet, as it came to me from you, it didn't shock me, but I didn't take it for an ...aerotique! The person who lent his name is called Légier, perhaps you don't know this bourgeois from Paris. In any case, a few days ago I wrote back to m.... Your cashier, who kindly came to see me on the same subject, that it was impossible for me to pay this debt now, and that this little interval would put me in a position to satisfy the object which became the time of my gratitude for the service you kindly rendered my son. [...] Leaving all joking aside, Sir, I have no money, I don't know when I'll have any, I need it badly.
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