BARBÉ MARBOIS FRANÇOIS; MARQUIS DE Autograph Letter Signed M

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WANTS HIS MANUSCRIPT PUBLISHED IN AMERICA ANONYMOUSLY BARBÉ-MARBOIS, FRANÇOIS; MARQUIS DE. Autograph Letter Signed, "Marbois," with a postscript Signed, "M," to "Mrs. Baldwin," in French, sending a manuscript of his [not present] and inviting her to have it published in her home country. 1 page, small 4to, with integral blank; folds. Paris, 22 April 1813

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"I beg Mrs. Baldwin to accept this manuscript. It will probably never be printed in France. Perhaps it does not deserve to be, incidentally. Nevertheless, if Mme. B. thinks that it would interest her compatriots, she will be able to dispose of it however it seems to her agreeable. I wish only that it not be published before the year 1816.
"I do not want to be named. It can be said only that the author is known; that he was reputed to be well informed about that of which he tells; and that he is believed incapable of saying things contrary to the truth. . . ."
The manuscript referred to is unknown, but the recipient is probably the wife of Senator Abraham Baldwin, who visited Barbé-Marbois in Paris in August of 1813.