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TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS DE. Autograph Letter Signed, “AdeTocqueville,” to
“Sir and dear colleague,” in French, agreeing to meet Dr. [Herman?] Merivale. 1 page, 8vo;
compete vertical separation with minor loss to signature repaired with backing, paper strips
mounted along left edge recto and right edge verso.
SOLD AS IS
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Paris, 16 May 1850
[100/200]
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Though I am taking the medicine of silence, my regimen is not so absolute that I cannot allow
myself a few conversations. I will be much charmed to receive Dr. Merivale. I would go get him
if I were in a better state. . . . [H]e will always be sure to find me in the morning at 10 o’clock.
. . .You would be very kind to accompany him, if you have nothing better to do that day.”
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was a French writer and statesman, author of
Democracy
in America,
and minister of foreign affairs in 1849.
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VICTORIA; QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Document Signed, “VictoriaReg,” grant-
ing William Bovill “License and Permission to be of Counsel for the Petitioners”
concerning the trial of Charles Bowman and John Frederick Bowman. 2
1
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2
pages, tall 4to,
written on a single folded sheet; faint paper clip stains touching signature, horizontal folds,
paper seal intact.
“Saint James’s” [London], 6 June 1857
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