LAMARTINE ALPHONSE DE Autograph Letter Signed Lamartine to a

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LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE DE. Autograph Letter Signed, "Lamartine," to an unnamed recipient ("Sir"), in French, requesting that he write him with news of their mutual friends in America, and hoping that he has better experiences there than did Lamartine. 3 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet; remnants of prior mounting on first page along center vertical fold. Paris, 10 May 1861

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"Permit me to ask you for your news when you write to our friends such as Mr. Guyard. The real interest that I feel and that I share with you gives me the right to inform myself of the success of your residence in that part of America to which you have moved.
". . . [T]his republican country to which I have always rendered homage . . . had unhappy associations for me when I had need of it; but I hope that it will treat you better than it did me and that your talents and merits will attract the confidence of the eminent men and elite families with whom you will meet there. . . ."