108. BONAPARTE (Joseph). Autograph letter signed... Lot 108

108. BONAPARTE (Joseph). Autograph letter signed "Joseph", addressed to the countess Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, Laure Guesnon de Bonneuil. London, October 9, 1832. 2 pp. 3/4 in-8 ON HIS DESIRE TO RETURN TO FRANCE AND HIS SUBMISSION TO THE DECREES OF THE NATIONAL REPRESENTATION IN THIS RESPECT. Then head of the Bonaparte family since the death of the Duke of Reichstadt in July 1832, Joseph Bonaparte hoped to see the exile laws lifted by the regime of the July Monarchy, but did not envisage taking power by force. "I received your letter... I never doubted your good feelings for me and my family. The last misfortune that befell us must have been shared by you, Madame, I did not doubt it for a moment. I remain here as long as France, summoned by whomever, has not manifested her will, I am blindly submitted to her, until then I do not decline the high destiny to which she has called me, unfortunately for her, it is on me today that the immense, glorious, but also patriotic burden she has imposed on me by her three million votes has fallen. I AM NOT SURE OF THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, BUT I AM SURE OF THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER OF THE MATTER. I hope that, in any case, the threshold of the fatherland will no longer be refused to a family which has been appealing to all the French for many years. Believe, Madame, that I always carry with me great consolations, good health, a good conscience, and the hope of one day seeing France happy by her will, and according to her will, wisdom must be the price of so many calamities, and experience must in the long run bear its fruits..."