Archives of Joseph-Marie de GERANDO (1772-1842), Secretary G - Lot 203

Archives of Joseph-Marie de GERANDO (1772-1842), Secretary General of the Ministry of the Interior and member of the Institut, Baron d'Empire, linguist, pedagogue and philanthropist. Set of 5 autograph letters signed, addressed by name or implicitly to Gérando: - François de Neufchâteau (1750-1828), President of the Conservative Senate. Letter on the letterhead of the Conservative Senate, dated 7 Nivôse, Year 14 (December 28, 1805), addressed to Joseph-Marie de Gérando, concerning Doctor Alphonse-Louis Leroy, who wishes to be attached to the poor lunatics of Charenton. "He has so much spirit that he must be very capable of restoring it to those who have lost it". - Ferdinando Paër (1771-1839), Italian opera composer. Letter apologizing for not being able to attend a social gathering due to a "dreadful cold", dated Paris, April 9, 1836. - Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon (1760-1825), economist, founder of Saint-Simonism, philosopher of industrialism, thinker of French industrial society. "Our society, Sir, aims to encourage industry, and I am busy with a work whose subject has some connection with its work." Letter dated Paris, Arsenal des poudres et salpêtre, August 6, 1815. - Pierre Hyacinthe Azaïs (1766-1845), French philosopher. Letter to send a work in which the author believes "he has taken some important steps towards knowledge of the mysteries of human intelligence". Letter dated Paris, August 16, 1806 - Jean-Frédéric Oberlin (1740-1826), Protestant pastor of the Evangelical Church, pietist and apostle of social progress. Letter addressed to Baron de Gérando, recommending Pastor Louis Gaussen de Satigny for the position of Professor at the Montauban Faculty of Theology, and Pastor François Bonnard for the position of Dean at the same Faculty. Letter dated Waldbach, Ban de la Roche (Waldersbach, Vosges), December 31, 1818. The five pieces are framed together between two glasses.