396 - Adolphe THIERS. 4 autographed letters (1 from his wife - Lot 396

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396 - Adolphe THIERS. 4 autographed letters (1 from his wife - Lot 396
396 - Adolphe THIERS. 4 autographed letters (1 from his wife) and 1 engraving by L. Massard (32 x 23,5 cm). THIERS (Adolphe) Marseille 1797- Saint Germain en Laye 1877; French politician, Minister, President of the Republic (1871), journalist and historian: 2 Letters A.S. "A. THIERS Minister of the Interior and "A. THIERS ", to M. JOURDAN, (Paris), December 17 and 23, 1835, together 3pp in-8° - In the first one he warmly and extensively recommends M. DAUPHIN, Controller of the Direct Taxes of Marseille, for a post of Principal Controller in one of the neighboring Departments of Bouches-du-Rhône. This one is going to marry the sister of a friend of THIERS "... Mr. MIGNET, and who is for me a true brother, and what does not always happen a brother whom I love... ", etc. In the second one he answers: "I only ask you as soon as possible and as close to the south as possible...". + L.A.S. January 13, 1855, 1p in-8°: "Send me my semester so that I finish my year accounts.." + L.A.S. from Madame THIERS of November 19, 1877 - "Sir, Overwhelmed by the pain of a heartbreaking separation I have not yet been able to thank you for the deep regrets you have felt, on learning of the death of Mr. THIERS so cruel for me, so unfortunate for his country which he loved with passion and which he never ceased to serve with great devotion. Deprived of an affection which, for forty-four years, was the happiness and the interest of my life, my affliction is extreme..." - 4pp in-8° bordered with black + an envelope written by M. Thiers in Sept 1877 (a few days before his death)
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