[IER EMPIRE]. MARMONT (Auguste Frédéric Viesse de). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "le …

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[IER EMPIRE]. MARMONT (Auguste Frédéric Viesse de). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "le M[aréch]al Duc de Raguse" to "mon cher confrère". 9 lines, signature and date "le 8 mai" on one f. (20.5 X 13 cm). 2 tears (formerly reinforced), traces of folds. BILLET in which the Duc de RAGUSE (1774-1852) requests "letters of recommendation to facilitate his nephew's upcoming journey." Marshal of the Empire (1809) and Peer of France (1814), he opposed the July Revolution in 1830.

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[IER EMPIRE]. MARMONT (Auguste Frédéric Viesse de). AUTOGRAP

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