Anne-Louis GIRODET-TRIOSON. L.A.S., [30 December 1819], to Madame de REISET; 1 page small in-8, address. "The young man of my students who lives in Rouen is called Mr. Le Page"; he does not know his address but knows that his mother "is established there and enjoys an independent fortune". He too is about to "make a trip to my home despite my extreme reluctance and the very danger that exists for me to set out at this time of year, but I cannot resist the wish expressed to me by an old servant who has become my friend through more than thirty years of devoted service and unfailing fidelity, and who wishes to bid me a final farewell before he dies"...

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