GÉNÉRAUX & MARÉCHAUX FRANÇAIS. Ensemble de 10... Lot n° 56

D'ORNANO, Philippe Antoine (1784-1863), Marshal of France. P.S. S.l., March 2, 1838. 1 p. folio. Certificate of infirmity for six months for Victor Duportal. DAMAS D'ANLEZY, Jean-Pierre de (1734-1800), marquis de Thianges, French brigadier general. P.S. Orléans, June 10, 1778. 1 p. in-4 oblong. Leave of absence for a soldier of the Auxerois garrison. DEBELLE, Cesar Alexandre (1770-1826), cavalry general, sentenced to death in 1816 for his participation in the Hundred Days. L.A.S. Besançon, March 28, 1817. 3 pp. in-4. Supplique: "[...] Monsieur Jubé, I am without fortune or money, unhappy, I count on you to serve me in this circumstance [...]". Signed "Le maréchal de camp, prisonnier d'état. Baron Alexandre Debelle". Beautiful letter. DEJEAN, Jean François Aimé, comte (1749-1824), general during the French Revolution, then minister under Napoleon. P.A.S. on the flooding of the Meuse. Bois-le-Duc, 23 vendémiaire an III. 2 pp. in-4. "The commune of Bois-le-duc has asked gal Sauviac to be authorized to lower the waters of the upper flood by pouring them into the Dieze, in order to evacuate the stagnant water which, sooner or later, would infect the air [...]". DROUOT, Antoine (1774-1847), French artillery general of the First Empire. Long L.A.S. addressed to Baroness Jubé de la Perrelle. October 4, 1820. 3 pp. in-4. He has never forgotten "the expressions of interest you gave me during my imprisonment at the Abbaye [charged with high treason and acquitted], and I shall always remember them [...]". For several years now, Drouot has been plagued by "pains that do not allow me to walk without crutches and that, for most of the year, condemn me to a more rigorous detention than that of the Abbey [...]". DUMAS, Mathieu (1753-1837), Major General during the Revolution and the 1st Empire. P.S. Paris, June 7, 1815 1 p. in-4. Printed circular signed. LATOUR-MAUBOURG, Marie Victor Nicolas de Faÿ de (1768-1850), Major General in 1807 and Minister of War from 1819 to 1821. L.A.S. Paris, March 26, 1818. 1 p. in-4. Recommends "[...] Mr Sencier's application to you for a place as a government pupil at the Châlons school for one of his sons. He is a highly esteemed man, father of a large family, without means, his misfortunes and his honorable conduct in all respects allow me to recommend it particularly to your kindness and to assure you that the benefit he claims cannot be better placed [...]". FOY, Maximilien Sébastien (1775-1825), General of the Empire. Set of 3 L.A.S. including 2 to Robin de Scévole and one to Comte de Chastenay. Paris, 1815 and January 17 and March 17, 1824. 4 pp. 1/4 in-4. Concerning the renewal of Scévole's mandate. Foy denounces intrigues and frauds, etc. We enclose 4 engraved portraits of Foy, a photographic portrait and two letters from descendants: the Balsans of Châteauroux, thanks for a reproduction of the painting depicting General Foy. Lot presented by Mathilde Lalin-Leprevost, C.N.E. expert (06 84 38 90 72).