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BONAPARTE JOSEPH: (1768-1844) King of Naples and Sicily (1806-08) and later King of Spain 1808-13, as Jose I. Elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. A good A.L.S., `Joseph, Cte de Surevillier´, one page, 4to, London, 13th January 1833, to a lady (`Madame´), in French. Joseph refers to his correspondent´s letter returned from the United States, received via M. Sarrut, and states `..il vous aura dit combien mes opinions ont de sympathie avec les vôtres et les siennes, combien je suis touché de la fidélité de vos souvenirs, combien je désire vous témoigner de vive voix ma reconnaissance et ma tendre amitié pour vous…´ ("..he will have told you how much my opinions share sympathy with yours and his, how much I am touched by the fidelity of your memories, how much I wish to testify to you in person my gratitude and my tender friendship for you..") With blank integral leaf. Very small creasing to the upper right edge, otherwise G to VG
Joseph Bonaparte´s correspondent is the Countess Regnaud de St-Jean d´Angely, born Laure Guesnon de Bonneuil
