GORCHAKOV ALEXANDER (1798-1883), AUTOGRAPH Letter addressed to Marguerite Krüdener. Peterhof, July 28, 1859. 1 page. In French

The main text is in a clerkly hand. Handwritten signature of A.M. Gorchakov at the end of the text. Traces from folds, late notes in pencil. Expresses condolences on the death of her father, Pavel Alexeevich Kridener. Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (1798-1883) was the head of the Russian foreign affairs department under Alexander II, the last Chancellor of the Russian Empire (from 1867). Pavel Alexeevich Krüdener (Baron Paul-Ludwig von Krüdener; 1784-1858) was a Russian diplomat from the Baltic German nobility, a privy councillor. From 1827 to 1837, he was an ambassador to the United States, and from 1837 to 1858, he headed the Russian mission in Switzerland.