Autograph letter signed : St. Point, to Ferdinand François, 1852 Sept. 16.

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Autograph letter signed : St. Point, to Ferdinand François, 1852 Sept. 16.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270597292

Declining to be a candidate for public office.

1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo) + with envelope.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Lamartine, Alphonse de (1790-1869).

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Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) was born in Mâcon, France into the aristocracy. His father was imprisoned during the French Revolution but escaped the guillotine. After briefly serving in the military, Lamartine joined the diplomatic corps as secretary to the French embassy at Naples. His first colletion of poetry, Méditations poétiques was published in 1820, establishing him as one of the key figures in the Romantic movement in French literature. Lamartine entered politics and was elected ...