Ambassador at Amsterdam, London, and at Vienna (1743-1822). ALS in French, signed "Le Mes de Noailles," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.5, March 19, 1787. Letter to jurist and diplomat Christian Friedrich von Pfeffel, charged by the French court with the conduct of relations with the Holy Roman Empire. In part: "Numerous rumors are in circulation which the Prince Elector of Mayence denies vigorously at the present moment. But nevertheless they have some basis in reality. It concerns one of the sons of the King of Prussia, his conversion to Catholicism and his election as Co-Adjutor of the Prince Elector of Mayence. I think such an event would be most distressing because it would create much confusion in the internal affairs of the Empire....the head of the German League Would be dealt a blow...the secularisation of the great episcopal seas of Germany might happen in our time...Maybe even the Imperial Dignity, if it were ever to pass into the hands of the House of Brandenburg." In fine condition, with central horizontal and vertical folds and a touch of light toning.
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