Spătarul Sandu Miclescu de la Şerbeşti (1804-1877). Schiţă de portret a unui „paşoptist” uitat, pe baza unor documente şi amintiri de familie
Sandu Miclescu of Şerbeşti (1804-1877). Portrait Sketch of a Forgotten “Revolutionary”, based on some Documents and Family Memories

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to sketch the “portrait” of Sandu (Săndulache) Miclescu, who was an enthusiastic participant at many moments of the moldavian political life in the 19th century. To achieve this goal, we used a part of the documentary fund preserved in the Miclescu family archive. Sandu Miclescu was born, probably in 1804, in Şerbeşti (county of Vaslui), as a descendant of one of the most prestigious family of the country. Sharing the Ionică Tăutu’s political ideas ever since his youth, S. Miclescu has traveled two times in France (1839 and 1842); returned to the country, he was involved in the conspiracy activities of the time. Consequently, he was arrested, in Iaşi, in the spring of 1848, and exiled over the Danube, in Brusa and Constantinople. Back to the country since August 1849, Sandu Miclescu returned to the country in August 1849 and actively participated in all political events of the time, including here the “battle” for the unity of Romanian Principalities. Until his death, Sandu Miclescu participated in the political life of the country being elected several times as a deputy in the electoral college of Vaslui. He died in November 1877 at Şerbeşti, the estate to which he was bound all his life, before seeing his country gain its independence. Little is known about this historical character today, but the family kept alive his memory, which is proved by the short fragments of memories included in our work, “sedimented” in the conscience of his descendants.

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