CHEVALIER (Michel, 1806-1879, French Economist and Senator)

Part autograph letter signed, in French with translation, to James Whiteside, 1804-1876, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, regretting "we would not be able to accept" Mrs Whiteside's "kind invitation for tomorrow ... I have addressed the letter to 36 Jermyn St. ... Please believe how vexed I feel; I have retained such a memory of meeting you and Mrs Whiteside in Dublin that every opportunity of seeing you again is extremely precious", 2 sides 5¾" x 5", no place, no date, circa trimmed, with loss of heading and a line or two at foot of side 1 and top of side 2, also small portion of remaining top outer corner touching one letter on side 2

Chevalier, an ardent St Simonian when young, worked with Cobden on the great Anglo-French commercial treaty of 1860, reversing decades of French high protectionism.

Item Date:  1860

Stock No:  53478      £45

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