RHÔNE. André PONS DE L'HÉRAULT, Comte de Rio (1773-1853) Nav - Lot 470

RHÔNE. André PONS DE L'HÉRAULT, Comte de Rio (1773-1853) Naval officer, General Administrator of the ILE D'ELBE mines. When NAPOLÉON returned from the Ile d'Elbe for the Cent-Jours, he brought him back with him and appointed him to the key position of Préfet du RHÔNE in Lyon. May 17, 1815: (RHÔNE - Prince de METTERNICH) Important and interesting file of minutes of letters (written in Exile) justifying his actions during his return from Ile d'Elbe with Napoleon and thanking the Prince de METTERNICH for his actions in the City of LYON as Prefect of the RHÖNE. (Approx. 40 folio pages): set including: Minutes of letters A.S. addressed to the Prince de METTERNICH, Minister of External Relations of the Empire of AUSTRIA (1816, 1817 and 1818), documents concerning his denunciation in Year 3; Autograph notebook on NAPOLEON AND THE DYNASTY OF THE BOURBONS, and 2 letters A.S. to Madame de KLOPSTEIN (1852).