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194 - LAFFITTE, Jacques. Signed letter addressed to ‘Monsieur Gaug…
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LAFFITTE, Jacques. Signed letter addressed to ‘Monsieur Gauguin’. 1 page, in-4 (260 x 220 mm), in black ink, ‘Paris, 3 November 1836’. Sheet previously mounted at four points (paper missing at two of the points without affecting the text, and fragments of the original backing paper visible at the other two), slight crease marks. In response to a newspaper article. “Until the day my liquidation is complete, I am under the supervision of the Bank of France and cannot dispose of any sum of money, however small, so I regret to inform you that it is materially impossible for me – at least for the time being – to contribute to the establishment of your new newspaper. [...] Please be assured that, whilst I am not financially involved, I shall be wholeheartedly supporting the success of such a worthwhile endeavour.” Is the investment banker addressing Clovis Gauguin (1814–1851), the painter’s father, a republican journalist who contributed to *Le National* but whose career had not yet truly begun? Be that as it may, his correspondent’s request could not have come at a worse time. Following financial and political setbacks, Jacques Laffitte (1767–1844) found himself forced to wind up his bank. In 1837, he founded a new investment bank, the Caisse générale du commerce et de l’industrie. An interesting document.
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