PERSIGNY (Victor de) French politician of the Second Empire - Lot 35

PERSIGNY (Victor de) French politician of the Second Empire (1808–1872) Autograph signed letter to the French politician and _ brother of Napoleon III, the Duke of Morny; London, August 14, 1859. 1 pp., in-8. At that time, Persigny was in London serving as ambassador. He had received Morny’s secretary as well as the letter he had written to him. “I hastened to contact Lord Clarence Pajet (the English admiral (1811–1895)), for there was no time to lose if your young man wished to take advantage of the final moments of the end of the session, since everyone in the business world is currently following the social crowd to the countryside; here is the satisfactory reply I received from Lord Clarence, which I am sending to you as proof of the eagerness with which I strive—and always will strive—to please you….”