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ALS in French, signed “Votre vieil ami, Ch.,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. Handwritten letter to a woman, expressing his sympathy for her suffering, informing her that he has made his carriage available to her, and assuring her that he has informed her mother of the matter ("…I have written to Madame Your Mother…"). In fine condition, with trivial paper loss at the corner tips.
The composer was evidently on very good terms with the recipient, and it seems likely that she was Solange Clésinger, the daughter of George Sand. For a long time, Chopin gave Solange piano lessons, and when she married the sculptor Auguste Clésinger, the composer sided with her against her mother. In March 1848, Solange suffered the death of a newborn child.
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