Unidad documental simple 3 - Letter from Richard Cavendish to Richard Monckton Milnes

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Paris. - Sad story of Adam Mickiewitz [sic: Mickiewicz), a patriotic Polish poet: he fled from Cracow on its occupation to a teaching post in Switzerland; impoverished by illness of his wife but will not accept money he believes to have come from Poland; could Milnes raise a confidential subscription in England? Cavendish's own recent attack of rheumatic fever; clairvoyante's predictions of 'dreadful doings... in Paris next May'; French elections, and King's response.