Political
PERSIGNY
(Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, 1808-1872, French Politician, from 1863 Duc de)
Autograph note signed 'Duc de Persigny', in French with translation,
asking the station master to deliver to the bearer... the little Box of wine which should have arrived from Chamarande at the station... addressed to me, embossed monogram with coronet and a design of swords, 6 x 3¾, no place, no date, together with an unsigned carte de visite photo showing him reading at a desk, 3½ x 2, the letter circa
Item Date: 1860
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Background
Fialin planned the abortive attempts of 1836 and 1840 to put Louis Napoleon on the throne, took a prominent part in the latter's presidency and the Empire, and was ambassador to England 1855-1858 and 1859-1860.
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