Joseph LAKANAL (1762–1845), politician, member of the Nation - Lot 47

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Joseph LAKANAL (1762–1845), politician, member of the Nation - Lot 47
Joseph LAKANAL (1762–1845), politician, member of the National Convention (Ariège), organizer of public education during the Revolution. 2 letters, 1803–[1844]; 1 page in-4 and half-page in-8, addresses. 22 Brumaire XII [November 14, 1803], to Nicolas Frochot, Prefect of the Seine, requesting a private audience regarding a matter “closely linked to the interests of the public good”; he lists his titles: “member of the Institut de France, of the Athénée de Paris, professor at the École Centrale on Rue St. Antoine.” [June 20, 1844], to his colleague Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. Condolences on the death of his father, the naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. He was so deeply moved upon reading the letter that “I would certainly have suffocated had I not been able to shed copious tears. I had not cried for 47 years—since the time of my revered mother’s death.” Ailing, he writes from his bed and is inconsolable: “I am losing the best and most honorable of my friends; I owed my return to France to him”… [It was thanks to his efforts that Lakanal had been able to return to France after a 22-year exile in America.] Enclosed is a booklet titled *Life and Works of Joseph Lakanal* and a first-day cover of the stamp bearing his likeness (June 2, 1962).
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