132 - [MEAUX]

[MEAUX] A collection of archival documents dated March and April 1814. Manuscript collection: Letters and requisition notes addressed to the Meaux town hall from the garrison commander and military authorities (the Coalition, including the Second Corps of the Prussian Army). Requests for various types of goods, ranging from horseshoes to flour for bakers, as well as cloth and buttons for the manufacture of uniforms; a requisition for “six shipwrights”; an order to evacuate “(…) the small number of Prussian soldiers and others who are at your ambulance station (…)”, a letter of protest from the subprefect, who had been informed that the “boatman piloting the last boat carrying evacuated wounded and sick soldiers to Paris took it upon himself to throw the soldiers who died during the journey from Meaux to Lagny into the water (…)” attached response requesting disciplinary action. There is also an “excerpt from the Russian army’s supply price list,” lists of bakers, butchers, tallow melters, “persons who can supply beans,” a request from the ambulance service for a certificate of good conduct (following employment), etc., etc., etc., as well as a few handwritten orders and notes in German. These letters are signed by the garrison commander, council members, and authorizing commissioners of the 2nd Corps of the Prussian Army, etc., etc. Excellent condition; valuable documentation concerning a provincial town occupied at the end of the First Empire.