72 - A significant collection of archives pertaining to General Baron Louis-Joseph Lahure (1767–1853), documenting his military career during the Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Restoration

A significant collection of archives pertaining to General Baron Louis-Joseph Lahure (1767–1853), documenting his military career during the Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Restoration Includes official correspondence addressed to the general, his service records, and various documents concerning him, notably: - regarding the campaign of the Army of the North (1793–1795): a certificate of appointment to the rank of lieutenant colonel of infantry in the Belgian troops by the Belgian Military Committee, dated February 9, 1793, brown ink on vellum, accompanied by the decree, dated January 9, 1793, bearing the red wax seal of the Free City of Brussels; a certificate of recognition for Citizen La Hure, battalion commander of the 1st Battalion, as a good Patriot and good Republican by the Extraordinary Commission, sent to Amiens under the seal of the Assembly on 18 Frimaire, Year II of the Republic, on letterhead of the One and Indivisible Republic—Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death — The Belgians United with the French. an excerpt from the minutes of the formation of the 3rd Battalion of Chasseurs-Tirailleurs appointing him battalion commander—commander by commission dated January 9, 1793; two letters countersigned by the Adjutant General, Chief of Staff of the 4th Division of the Army of the North, General François Watrin (1772–1802), acknowledging the military talents of Commander Lahure, then acting commander of the three battalions of Light Infantry of the 4th Division of the Army of the North; a safe-conduct pass authorizing him to travel to Amiens, dated 28 Frimaire, Year II of the Republic, on letterhead of the Department of War, adorned with the allegorical figure of the French Republic, signed by Citizen Lahure and countersigned by the Deputy Minister of War - regarding the Italian campaign: letters from General Macdonald, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Naples, countersigned in his own hand, including one bearing the red wax seal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Naples, appointing him to the rank of brigadier general, dated 12 Messidor, Year 7 of the Republic a confirmation of his appointment to the rank of brigadier general, dated 22 Brumaire, Year 8 of the Republic, on French Republic letterhead, issued by the General Staff Office, signed by the Minister of War, Louis-Alexandre Berthier; a letter from Suchet, Major General and Chief of the General Staff, addressed to Major General Watrin, dated 13 Vendémiaire, Year 8 of the Republic, on letterhead of the Army of Italy, countersigned by General Suchet. - regarding his service during the Empire: A letter from the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, appointing him to the Electoral College of the Department of Jemmapes and naming him Grand Elector, dated July 20, 1807, accompanied by a Notice, Imperial Printing Office, 1806; A letter from the Minister of War, signed by the Duke of Feltre, dated June 23, 1811, in Paris, authorizing the general to remain in Paris for the duration of the Legislative Body’s session, with the Emperor’s approval; Letters of appointment, including one appointing him Major General of the 16th Military Division, issued in Paris on February 10, 1809, countersigned by the Minister of War, the Count of Hunebourg; Various acts of appointment as commander of the Department of the North, one from the headquarters of the Army of the Head of Flanders, dated September 18, 1809, in Ghent, and countersigned by the Chief of Staff of Flanders, Baron Borrel; one issued by the Ministry of War, in accordance with the Emperor’s wishes, dated April 19, 1819, and countersigned by the Minister of War, Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout d’Eckmühl, another for the command of the districts of Douai and Cambrai, dated September 17, 1814, in Lille; an elector’s card from the Electoral College of the Nord Department, in Lille, on April 29, 1815; - regarding his service during the Restoration: letters of appointment naming Marshal Lahure commander of the districts of Douai and Cambrai, dated August 31, 1814, in Paris, bearing a letterhead featuring the coat of arms of France under a crown adorned with fleurs-de-lis, signed by the Minister and Secretary of State for War, Pierre Dupont de l’Étang; a voter registration card issued by the prefect of the Nord department on October 25, 1820, in Lille; a handwritten and detailed record of the general’s service; - regarding his service under the July Monarchy: an authorization to wear the insignia of Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold of Belgium, issued by the Grand Chancellery of the Order of the Legion of Honor, 1842; a decree elevating him to the rank of Grand Officer of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honor, dated May 9, 1833, signed by the Duke of Trévise, Grand Chancellor of the Order; a letter from the surgeon major