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DAVOUT (LOUIS-NICOLAS). Autograph letter signed to his wife Aimée Leclerc. Warsaw, November 24 [1807]. 2 pp. 1/4 in-4. "I thought our little Joséphine was free of her ve[s]icatory [a plaster intended to decongest the part of the body where it is applied, causing vesicles with itching] but your last letter, my dear Aimée, by destroying the error in which I was, has given me a strong desire to see this good little girl rid of this daily medicine. I AM AFRAID, MY GOOD FRIEND, THAT TURQUOISE CANNOT BE FOUND IN DANTZICK. I HAVE NOT YET HEARD FROM THE PURCHASE OF AMBER COLORS [a popular superstition long supported by medical science gave credit to lithotherapy]. I have recommended that they be sent to you as soon as possible. We are still in visits against visits, which, as you know, is not very entertaining and wastes time that must be made up. DO YOU HAVE ANY HOTEL [PRIVATE] IN SIGHT IN PARIS TO PUT THE 300,000 F. THAT THE EMPEROR HAS JUST GIVEN US FOR THIS DESTINATION. You have all the pains and inconveniences of our establishment. You reserve for your Louis the pleasure and the enjoyment. Believe, my dear Aimée, that once we are reunited I will use my time to prove to you how sensitive and touched I am by all the sacrifices you have made for me. You will also have had all the torments and worries of the first years of our little ones, I will inspire in them for their excellent mother the attachment that children must have for their mother and especially for a mother such as theirs. I send these dear little ones a thousand caresses, and kisses at discretion to their excellent mother. All yours for life, your faithful husband... "
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DAVOUT (LOUIS-NICOLAS). Autograph letter signed to his wife Aimée Leclerc. Warsaw, November 24 [1807]. 2 pp. 1/4 in-4. "I thought our little Joséphine was free of her ve[s]icatory [a plaster intended to decongest the part of the body where it is applied, causing vesicles with itching] but your last letter, my dear Aimée, by destroying the error in which I was, has given me a strong desire to see this good little girl rid of this daily medicine. I AM AFRAID, MY GOOD FRIEND, THAT TURQUOISE CANNOT BE FOUND IN DANTZICK. I HAVE NOT YET HEARD FROM THE PURCHASE OF AMBER COLORS [a popular superstition long supported by medical science gave credit to lithotherapy]. I have recommended that they be sent to you as soon as possible. We are still in visits against visits, which, as you know, is not very entertaining and wastes time that must be made up. DO YOU HAVE ANY HOTEL [PRIVATE] IN SIGHT IN PARIS TO PUT THE 300,000 F. THAT THE EMPEROR HAS JUST GIVEN US FOR THIS DESTINATION. You have all the pains and inconveniences of our establishment. You reserve for your Louis the pleasure and the enjoyment. Believe, my dear Aimée, that once we are reunited I will use my time to prove to you how sensitive and touched I am by all the sacrifices you have made for me. You will also have had all the torments and worries of the first years of our little ones, I will inspire in them for their excellent mother the attachment that children must have for their mother and especially for a mother such as theirs. I send these dear little ones a thousand caresses, and kisses at discretion to their excellent mother. All yours for life, your faithful husband... "
