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WALEWSKI Alexandre (1810-1868) fils naturel de...

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L.A.S. "A. Walewski", Paris 12 January 1831, to Count Emmanuel de LAS CASES; 3 pages in-8. For a long time he had wanted to make his acquaintance, and he would be happy to go and look for him in Passy. "As for the little hotel in the Rue St. Dominique, in spite of the great desire I would have to arrange for it, since it might suit you, I fear that the neighbourhood would be an insurmountable obstacle; I will also confess very frankly that in view of the dubious state of our affairs in Poland I find this hotel a little too big and the price too high for me. This does not prevent me from finding that these are very comfortable accommodations and that I will hasten to recommend them to people whom I know to be looking for a house"...