LIVINGSTON, Edward (1764-1836), U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France. Four autograph letters signed ("Edw Livingston") as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France, to Arsène Lacarrière Latour, Montgomery Place, New York and [Paris], 1 August 1830 - 31 December 1835. Together 4½ pages, 4o and 8o, two with integral address leaves, postal markings and intact red wax seal. In 1829, Lacarrière Latour wrote President Andrew Jackson and Livingston, whom he knew from New Orleans, seeking the post of U.S. Consul in Cuba; his offer was declined. Here, Livingston writes in a friendly vein to "my dear Latour," advising him on the prospects for importing wine ("French wines in small bottles...are much used"), affairs in Mexico ("A new minister is appointed...to whom I shall write on your business...As Butler has not yet left Mexico I will wait to inform his successor"), wearily advising him that "you can have no idea of the press there has been for office...when a vacancy occurs...and the President [Jackson] is unable to resist the importunity of political friends..." Edward Livingston, a New York lawyer and politician, had been Mayor of New York City. In 1804 he moved to New Orleans and served (as had Latour) on Jackson's staff during the Battle of New Orleans. He was charged with drawing up the law code for New Orleans, and served as that state's Congressman and Senator (1823-1831), then as Secretary of State, before accepting the post of Minister to France. (4)