Charles-Maurice de TALLEYRAND (1754-1838) 2 L.S., Philadelphia May 11, 1796, to Nicholas LON, merchant in New York; 1 1/4 and 2 pages in-4, addresses; in English. Before his departure for France (June 13, 1796), Talleyrand proposes to facilitate the sale of land "upon the Waters of Black River"; when he is in Hamburg, he will inform him of the market situation and of the intention of people who have agent to invest in American land. However, he needs maps and plans, which he asks to be sent to him in Hamburg. About the compensation of a ship, the Brig Glascon; it is a question of whether it should be paid by the "Consulship in America" or with the funds of the administration of Guadeloupe. He asks his correspondent to examine the question with Mr. Rozier, consul in New York, and he counts on Lon for the rapid resolution of this problem. Enclosed: A P.S. by Philippe de LÉTOMBE, Consul General of the French Republic to the United States of America, Philadelphia 15 prairial IV (June 3, 1796); 1 1/2 pages in-fol. vignette, red wax seal (edges a bit frayed), attesting that the citizen Talleyrand-Périgord, former bishop of Autun, was authorized to return to France by the law of 18 fructidor, but that he could not "determine any shipowner to give him direct or indirect passage, for fear of the English; There is only a Danish captain who agrees to take him and his servant, and the consul delivers to Talleyrand this attestation "to serve him as much as possible". It is this Danish brig that will bring Talleyrand back to Europe.