LAVALETTE (countess Emilie-Louise). 1782-1855.... - Lot 67 - FW Auction

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LAVALETTE (countess Emilie-Louise). 1782-1855.... - Lot 67 - FW Auction
LAVALETTE (countess Emilie-Louise). 1782-1855. Niece of the Empress Joséphine, daughter of François de Beauharnais, married to the count of Lavalette, future chamberlain and director of the Post Office; she favoured in 1815 the escape of her husband the escape of her husband condemned to death. Letter aut. to the citizen Euphémie at the citizen Beauharnais (in Fontainebleau). S.l., this Wednesday 26 aoust in the morning. 2 pp. two-sheet in-12, address on the back, postmark. Intimate letter of Emilie de Beauharnais, confiding her first love: I pray in grace my dear Mimi, to give me very promptly of his news because I die since his departure (...) I cannot live without you, I die I cannot live without you, I am dying, my days are consumed in sadness, I do not need, I think, to remind you of what causes my that causes my torment (...). I go to Joseph B***'s house and find no one there (...). I find that this is where the lovable Mortal, who knew how to fix a weak heart, who was never unfaithful to his misfortune (...) I would have I would have liked to remain there always, but Fate had ordered otherwise, I left him (...). Etc.
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