Barrot, Odilon, French politician (1791-1873). Autograph letter signed.

No place, 14 Dec. 1863 [?].

8vo. 1 p.

 180.00

To an unnamed woman, accepting an invitation: "Je me rendrai à votre aimable invitation aujourd'hui : je confesse même ma témérité de me proposer [...]". Interestingly, the recipient commented on the encounter, apparently in Vichy, on the verso of the blank leaf, accusing Barrot of underplaying or even misrepresenting his role during the Revolution of 1848. The woman was apparently a royalist, as she praises the courage of François Guizot, Louis Philippe's prime minister until 23 February 1848, for declaring his loyalty to the King on the early morning of 24 February 1848, hours before his abdication. According to the report, this version of events has been corroborated by the French military and politician Christian Léon Dumas. As a concession to the revolutionaries, Louis Philippe appointed Odilon Barrot to form a government on 24 February 1848. While Adolphe Thiers advised the King to try and quell the revolution with military force, Barrot and most of his colleagues opposed this call for violence.

Dated according to an old note in ink, although it does not agree with the description of the encounter. Well preserved.

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