Autograph letter signed.
Paris, 17. I. 1851.
8vo. ½ p.
€ 200.00
In French, about his plans to meet Mr. Bailly on the following day to discuss new plans.
After the February Revolution of 1848, Fortoul ran for the Constituent Assembly election but was defeated. He was elected as deputy for Basses-Alpes in the 1849 French legislative election and steadily moved towards a Bonapartist position. In October 1851 he was appointed Minister of the Navy, and on 3 December 1851 he became Minister of Education and Religious Affairs.
On stationery with printed letterhead "Cabinet du Ministre de l'Instruction Publique et des Cultes". Traces of folds.
