Adolphe Louis Vicomte de SÉGUR LAMOIGNON (1800 - 1876) - Pai - Lot 430

Adolphe Louis Vicomte de SÉGUR LAMOIGNON (1800 - 1876) - Pair de France, Député de la MEUSE - Autograph letter signed "Vicomte de SÉGUR LAMOIGNON" MÉRY October 8, 1847 - to M. le curé de BESSANCOURT (Val d'Oise) - 3 pages in-8° + envelope - He has just missed his gracious visit. "My steward told me you had come to recommend the Widow LOURBEAU. Since the day when a violent death robbed this poor family of its sole support, I have never stopped caring for it. First, I obtained a promise of leave from General SÉBASTIANI. Then he told me that laws and ordinances made it impossible. I then turned to the Minister of War, who made me the same promise and, I hope, will keep it. I wrote... to the Prefect of Police of Paris, under whose orders the Corps of FIREFIGHTERS is placed, in favor of LOURBEAU, as it is necessary that the request for Congé be addressed by him to the Minister of the Interior... Monsieur le Curé, and you can see that this interesting affair has always preoccupied me greatly...".