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Vermot et Associés

342 - Victor Léopold BERTHIER (Versailles 1770–1807), General, younger brother of the Marshal. Letter signed “Léopold BERTHIER, Brigadier General” to the General Staff (of MURAT) in the Army of the South. (Printed letterhead, vignette), At headquarters in FLORENCE (Italy) on the 28th of Germinal, Year 9 (April 18, 1801)—to General SEROUX, Commander of the Ancona Expedition. 2 pp., in-4°: “I have received, My Dear General, your letter of the 23rd of this month. I wish to inform you that, although the Marche d’Ancône is part of WATRIN’s Division, you must nonetheless correspond with the Commander-in-Chief (MURAT) and with me; I will also send you directly all orders pertaining to the Marche. You have surely never presumed that the Commander-in-Chief intended to cause you the slightest inconvenience. You are assured of his friendship and esteem in this regard.”

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€150 - 200

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Victor Léopold BERTHIER (Versailles 1770–1807), General, younger brother of the Marshal. Letter signed “Léopold BERTHIER, Brigadier General” to the General Staff (of MURAT) in the Army of the South. (Printed letterhead, vignette), At headquarters in FLORENCE (Italy) on the 28th of Germinal, Year 9 (April 18, 1801)—to General SEROUX, Commander of the Ancona Expedition. 2 pp., in-4°: “I have received, My Dear General, your letter of the 23rd of this month. I wish to inform you that, although the Marche d’Ancône is part of WATRIN’s Division, you must nonetheless correspond with the Commander-in-Chief (MURAT) and with me; I will also send you directly all orders pertaining to the Marche. You have surely never presumed that the Commander-in-Chief intended to cause you the slightest inconvenience. You are assured of his friendship and esteem in this regard.”

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Auction details

History & Regions of France
Tuesday, November 24
12:00 PM
5, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Vermot et Associés +33 1 71 19 42 16 info@vermotetassocies.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 220,000 lots published

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