170 - Madame de Staël (Anne Louise Germaine Necker, Baroness of Staël-Holstein, known as) [Paris, 1766 – id., 1817], French writer.

Madame de Staël (Anne Louise Germaine Necker, Baroness of Staël-Holstein, known as) [Paris, 1766 – id., 1817], French writer. Signed letter (duplicate) “Necker Staël de Holstein,” addressed to Messrs. Le Roy Bayard and Wertz in New York. Rome, April 6, 1805; 1½ pages, quarto size, address on the back and black wax seal affixed to the sheet. Letter regarding her father’s estate; “I received in Rome—where I have come to spend the winter for health reasons—the letter you were kind enough to write to me, gentlemen, dated January of this year. I reiterate my heartfelt thanks for your thoroughness and kindness toward me; Ieagerly await your decision regarding the important matter of the lands with Judge Cooper (I believe that is his name, as I do not have my papers with me). I am writing to give instructions that a copy of my father’s will be sent to you. As for the certificates, I cannot arrange this from here since I do not have my papers with me, but please letme if the transfer in my name involves significant costs and if it is necessary once I am recognized as an heir.” Enclosed is an engraved portrait of Madame de Staël seated in a garden.