May 23, 2013 - Sale 2316

Sale 2316 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
NESSELRODE, KARL ROBERT; GRAF VON. Autograph Letter Signed, "Nesselrode," to an unnamed recipient (lacking salutation), in French, expressing thanks for sending wine and paté, and discussing complicated arrangements for payment. In a postscript, he asks for a shipment of the best lamp oil. 3 pages, small 4to, written on a single folded sheet; marked bleed-through throughout. St. Petersburg, 13 February 1817
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". . . I have received the two ohms of wine . . . which are excellent . . . . The patés de fois gras . . . are still on their way . . . . Meanwhile, I shall ask you . . . to send it by wagon and porter. The service is badly regulated in the North and the duties are enormous. . . ."
From the Allyn Kellogg Ford Collection, property of the Minnesota Historical Society (see Swann 2276, April 17, 2012).