Autograph letter of congratulations to Hugo from Béraud and his wife on Hugo's election by 87,000 votes to the Assemblée Constituante.
Marked 'r' (répondu) in Hugo's hand.
Béraud was a veteran of the Imperial army. After Waterloo he became a poet and a successful playwright, and notably directed the Théâtre de l'Ambigu (1840-9).