Baron de CROUSEILHES (Marie Jean Pierre Pie Frédéric DOMBIDA - Lot 514

Baron de CROUSEILHES (Marie Jean Pierre Pie Frédéric DOMBIDAU DE CROUSEILHES), Pair de France in 1845, Ministre de l'Instruction publique in 1851, Député, Sénateur 1852 (Oloron/Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1792 - Paris 1861). Last owner of Château de TORCY (Seine-et-Marne) - Autograph letter signed "Baron de CROUSEIHES, Pair de France". Paris, November 2, 1845. 3 pages in-8°. He thanks his son-in-law's father for his support in the loss of his wife. "... This appointment to the Paierie would have given me much greater satisfaction if my poor wife had witnessed it: it is partly her doing: she wanted it for me and had prepared it by her enlightened and far-sighted tenderness. My son-in-law will find, I hope, a good guarantee of happiness in this marriage. His wife is pleasant, gentle and sensible. His fortune is sufficient without being brilliant..."