François XII de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. Letter signed "le Duc de L - Lot 381

François XII de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. Letter signed "le Duc de La Rochefoucauld", dated December 12, 1816, from 8 rue Royale, to Mr Charles DUPLEIX DE MEZY Directeur général des Poste. He sends him a complaint against a dismissal he believes to be totally unfair from the Director of the Post Office to the Letters of PÉRONNE. "I enclose in support a host of documents attesting to the irreproachable conduct of the Widow BAYARD and the esteem in which she is held in her country...". 1p in-4° - François Alexandre Frédéric de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD; 7th Duc de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duc d'Estissac and Duc de Liancourt (1747 - 1827) Politician, soldier, scientist, philanthropist and peer of France.