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LETTER SIGNED FROM NEY MICHEL, DUKE OF ELCHINGEN, PRINCE OF MOSKOVA, TO CLARKE, DUKE OF FELTRE, MINISTER OF WAR. WARZBURG, APRIL 15, 1813. Handwritten letter (in folio). Request to have Mr. Regnard, sous inspecteur au revue, returned from Spain "for the interest I have in this officer, my former aide-de-camp...".

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LETTER SIGNED FROM NEY MICHEL, DUKE OF ELCHINGEN, PRINCE OF MOSKOVA, TO CLARKE, DUKE OF FELTRE, MINISTER OF WAR. WARZBURG, APRIL 15, 1813. Handwritten letter (in folio). Request to have Mr. Regnard, sous inspecteur au revue, returned from Spain "for the interest I have in this officer, my former aide-de-camp...".

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