Jean de CHANTELAUZE (Montbrison/ Loire 1821 - Paris 188) Pol - Lot 511

Jean de CHANTELAUZE (Montbrison/ Loire 1821 - Paris 188) Politician, Deputy for LOIRE. Minister in 1830, Incarcerated from August 26 (1830) to 1836 - 2 Letters A.S. and 2 Notes: He reminds Mr. Valain, deputy mayor of Tours, of his account of the concierge of the VINCENNES Prison (Fortress of) on September 4. Bill in-12° + Note on the letterhead "parquet de la Cour Royale de Lyon." + Letter to Mr. D'AMBÉRIEU, Ambérieux, AIN, August 14, 1840, 3 pages in-8°: Dear and worthy friend, you must have heard from Madame your sister and from Mr. Lonchamp what anxieties I am prey to. Threatened in what I hold most precious in this world, I feel I could not live long tossed back and forth between hope and fear...". + Letter from LYON, August 6 1840, to Madame Veuve de TRICAUD, 3 pages in-8°: "... an accident to the carriage delayed my arrival in Paris by eight hours. I leave you to think what I must have felt as I approached the rue St Germain des prés. I was so anxious that I hardly dared cross the threshold of the house where I'm staying. I made an effort on myself, which I needed to sustain the frightened looks of the people who live there. Their interspersed or half-articulated words were a sinister omen..." (Excerpt)