[CASTLE OF LA MUETTE] Céleste SPONTINI (1790-1878) daughter of piano maker Jean-Baptiste Érard, wife (1811) of Spontini. L.A.S., July 8, 1834, to Major Ellechorst; 1 page in-4, addressed with large red wax seal of arms (cracks in folds). "Monsieur le Major, Although we have not had the pleasure of completing today with you, this great negotiation of horses," she urges him to come for a longer stay, and recalls his proposal to "find a fine pair of horses for us..."