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(Napoleonica) François Gédéon Bailly de Monthion (Saint Denis de la Réunion, 1776 - Paris, 1850)

(Napoleonica) François Gédéon Bailly de Monthion (Saint Denis de la Réunion, 1776 - Paris, 1850)

Lot 91 · December 2023 - Autographs, Letters & Historical Documents · 05 December 2023
Sold for £340
Estimate: £400 - £500
(Napoleonica) François Gédéon Bailly de Monthion (Saint Denis de la Réunion, 1776 - Paris, 1850)Four letters and two documents signed by the general of the First French Empire. Sent from Dresden, Bayonne and Paris, dated between 1812-1815, on some measures concerning officers. In one of the documents (Report to H.M. the Emperor and King), he requests "la décoration de l'ordre de la Couronne de fer pour M. Ajassa chef de bataillon d'artillerie italienne en récompense de ses bons et anciens services...". In a letter sent from Dresden to the Duke of Belluno in 1813, he gives orders to General Lauriston "de se porter avec son corps sur Mittweida, et se mettre en communication...". Total of 6 pp. In-8° and in-4°.