Subasta Bidspirit | PETO SAMUEL MORTON: (1809-1889) English

PETO SAMUEL MORTON: (1809-1889) English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer. Whilst a... - PETO SAMUEL MORTON: (1809-1889) English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer. Whilst a partner in the firm Grissell and Peto (1830-47) he oversaw the construction of many famous buildings and monuments in London including the Reform Club, The Lyceum, Nelson's Column and the new Houses of Parliament. A.L.S., S Morton Peto , two pages, 8vo, Westminster, London, 1 st March 1864, to Ariste Jacques Trouve-Chauvel. Peto writes, in full, 'If I could have come over to Paris myself this week to have seen you before you went to Algiers I should have had much pleasure in doing so. I have however done the next best thing by asking Mr. Curry to go over as he is well enough by the Mail Train to-morrow' . With blank integral leaf. VG   Ariste Jacques Trouve-Chauvel (1805-1883) French businessman, banker and politician.