Édouard, Duke of FITZ-JAMES (1776–1838), politician, leader of the Legitimist Party. Autograph letter, Paris, August 7, [1832, to the poet Alexandre Guiraud]; 3 pages, in-4. On the death of the Duke of Reichstadt (July 22, 1832). He thanks Guiraud for choosing his newspaper *Le Rénovateur* and “for having so well expressed the thoughts that haunted me upon hearing of the untimely death of this young Duke of Reichstadt—thoughts I was about to try to convey in base prose— when your verses came and put my pen to rest. […] You have been generous, and our cause must be so because it is just. I was pleased to see all the royalist newspapers view this event from the same perspective and share your thoughts on the deplorable end of this young prince. If only they could agree in the same way on all issues!” *Le Rénovateur* needs “contributors such as you. […] I believe it is useful given the circumstances we find ourselves in; but it is not being supported, and the Royalists are treating it with the same lukewarm attitude they bring to so many other causes. If only they knew how to emulate their enemies’ boldness and support one another”…