Adrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore was an 18th–century French poet, playwright and historian. Coming from a family that had been ruined by, Blin de Sainmore studied at, and sought in retirement and study consolation to the rigors of fortune. He wrote several héroïdes and other poems such as Mort de l’amiral Bing, Sapho à Phaon, Biblis à Caunus, Gabrielle d’Estrées à Henri IV, Calas à sa femme et à ses enfants, la Duchesse de la Vallière, etc. His poems and one épitre à Racine were gathered in 1774 in 1 vol. In 1769, he gave a collection entitled l’Élite des poésies fugitives, 3 vol. in-12, to which Luneau de Boisjermain added a 4th in 1773. He composed a tragedy entitled Orphanis , which was favorably received, but could not stay in the theater. He made several works, among others a Histoire de Russie, in 2 vol. with illustrations, in-4, and left several handbooks. He was preparing to give a complete edition of his works when he died. He was a custodian and historian of the archives of ordres de Saint-Michel and du Saint-Esprit. A cofounder of the, he was appointed royal censor in 1776, and curator at Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in 1800.
Works
1764: Lettre sur la nouvelle édition de Corneillepar M. de Voltaire.
1768: Héroïdes ou lettres en vers, preceded by a letter by Sautreau de Marsy, Delalain.
1768: Lettre de Jean Calas à sa femme et à ses enfans, preceded by épître à M. de de*** sur le sentiment and followed by Lettre de Gabrielle d’Estrées à Henri IV, impr. de S. Jorry.
1771: Épître à Racine.
1773: Orphanis, tragedy, by M. Blin de Sainmore, premiered by les comédiens ordinaires du Roi, Saturday 25 September 1773, Delalain.
1773: Lettre de la duchesse de La Vallière à Louis XIV, précédée d’un abrégé de sa vie, Le Jay.
1775: Joachim ou le Triomphe de la piété filiale, drama in three acts and in verse, followed by de la Requête des filles de Salency à la Reine, les libraires associés.
1788: Éloge historique de M.,... archevêque de Bourges, Clousier.
1797–1799: Histoire de Russie, presented by pictures accompanied by a historical summary;
