CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANÇOIS RENÉ DE. Small archive of 6 letters Signed, "Chateaubriand," and an unsigned note, to the Baron de Vitrolles or the Comte de Sèze, in French, including 5 ALsS, a LS, and an AN. The LS, to the Comte de Sèze, ordering him to send decorations to those the King has recently made Knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit and of St. Michel, including Prussian Prince Frederick William IV, Austrian Archduke Franz Karl, and Count von Nesselrode. The other letters and note, to the Baron de Vitrolles, inquiring whether he is the author of the articles that appeared recently in the Drapeau Blanc and Quotidienne, urging him to proceed slowly [concerning the publication of certain articles that are to vindicate the Comte], congratulating him that the order is signed, commenting on his own views toward power, thanking for help with the infirmary of Marie Thérèse, declining to lead the Société des gens de lettres, and, in the unsigned note, requesting notes on the finances and inquiring whether the Prefect of Strasbourg has been removed from office. Together 15 pages, mostly 4to or 8vo, most on folded sheets or with integral blank; some evenly toned, few with scattered ink burn, one with remnants of mounting at corners verso. Vp, 1823-26
20 June 1824: "You will judge me, Sir, at the same time too well and too badly. It is true that I do not at all deplore power, but it is also certain that it is not at all by a feeling of superiority that I recognize myself. . . ."
