HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES. Adrien Barnabé Athanase RECURT (Lassales/ H - Lot 593

HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES. Adrien Barnabé Athanase RECURT (Lassales/ HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES 1798 - 1872) Deputy for the Hautes-Pyrénées in 1848, Minister of the Interior, then of Public Works in 1848 - 5 Autograph letters signed Signed letter of 1848, 3 of which on the letterhead of the Mairie de PARIS (He was Deputy Mayor); 1 from the Ministère des Travaux Publics, Letters to Maurice RECURT: ".I never had a taste for public office; today I abhor it. I have perseveringly pursued the realization of my ideas, of my political opinions as a matter of conscience, because I have the intimate conviction that from the new political organization will flow the moral and material improvements I have desired in the interest of the people, of the nation as a whole...." (Extract) + Letter to M. MORLAINCOURT Lieutenant-Colonel. He recommends to him a request forwarded by General CAVAIGNAC for a position as administrator of the Palais Nationale de Compiègne. + 2 Letters to Citizen PAGNÈRE Secretary of the Comité Central des Électeurs de Paris: "Mon Cher Pagnère...la Garde Nationale de Dourdan et le Tribunal de Commerce doivent se présenter à trois heures devant le Gouvernement provisoire..." (Dear Pagnère... the National Guard of Dourdan and the Tribunal de Commerce must present themselves at three o'clock before the Provisional Government...). "Mon Cher Pagnère. Some Paris Electors would like to attend the Melun Banquet as subscribers. Could you ask that tickets be reserved for them?..."