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ÉON Charles-Geneviève de Beaumont, Chevalier d’ (1728–1810).

L.A.S. ‘La Chre D’Eon’, Tonnerre, 25 January 1780, to Mr GUILLAUME, ‘solicitor at the Parliament’; 1 folio-sized page (slight foxing).

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L.A.S. ‘La Chre D’Eon’, Tonnerre, 25 January 1780, to Mr GUILLAUME, ‘solicitor at the Parliament’; 1 folio-sized page (slight foxing).

Shipment of wine: ‘Under God’s protection and in the care of Mr Barry, the town’s coachman, you will receive, within five days of the date of this letter, a cask of Tonnerre white wine, vintage 1779, carriage and import duties paid, properly drawn off, bound, sealed, pegged and filled to the brim [...] This is the opinion of your most humble and most obedient servant’… Two portraits are enclosed in an 8vo half-vellum portfolio.