by Jacob | Jul 16, 2025 | Berbs
From the Seminary of Amiens August 16, 1818 Dear sir, Mr. Prieur went on vacation on July 17 or 18. He was here only in passing, and I cannot see him wishing to return to this house. I don’t know if he gave his address to anyone. In all likelihood, he took the road to...
by Jacob | Jul 16, 2025 | Berbs
To the Grand Seminary of Amiens August 18, 1818. I had the honor of sending you a letter on the 11th of this month, concerning Mr. Etienne Prieur, who is in your care, and I find myself lacking your reply. Please grant me some few lines in your own handwriting, or...
by Jacob | Jul 16, 2025 | Berbs
To the Grand Seminary of Amiens August 11, 1818 Dear Sir, I wrote to M. Etienne Prieur, one of your seminarians, in response to his letter of July 7. In this letter he promised to let me know the exact time of his departure for Paris, which he assumed to be at the...
by Jacob | Jul 16, 2025 | Berbs
From Papon Lomini March 26, 1819 Dear sir, I am very deeply saddened by the distance you’ve kept from me since leaving Rue Mazarin. I cannot believe the feelings toward me now are those you have truly held for me. No, you have never known hatred. I’ve come to your...
by Jacob | Jul 16, 2025 | Berbs
To Papon Lomini, Law student, Hôtel d’Anjou, rue Serpente, Paris June 18, 1818 Dear sir, Perhaps you haven’t understood me. The tone of your writing is very different from what you have said. Haven’t you very often taken my side, regarding the unworthy behavior...
by Jacob | Jul 16, 2025 | Berbs
From Papon Lomini [Undated, est. 6/17/1818) Dear sir, Up to this point, I’d assumed your eccentricities were the result of your credulity relating to impossible things outside the realm of common sense, fed to you by a young man with very poor judgment. And...
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