Gustave Rouland

Rouland, Gustave

French lawyer and politician (1806-1878). Letter signed. Paris. 13.03.1854. 4to. 1 p. on bifolium. Together with an autograph envelope signed.
$ 93 / 90 € (45309/BN31680)

To thank the president of the court of Boulogne-sur-Mer for a letter of congratulations: "Je suis désolé de vous remercier si tardivement de la lettre de félicitations que vous avez bien voulu m'adresser ; mais je suis accablé d'affaires si nombreuses et si diverses que le temps passe sans que je puisse donner satisfaction à mes dettes de Cœur [...]." - On stationery of the public prosecutor's office of the Imperial Court of Paris. - The envelope was addressed to the unnamed Minister of Finance during Rouland's tenure as Governor of the Bank of France (1864-1878). - Both with some browning and minimal tears.

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