(MARINE.) Henri Daniel GAULTIER, Count de RIGNY, Vice-Admira - Lot 279

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(MARINE.) Henri Daniel GAULTIER, Count de RIGNY, Vice-Admira - Lot 279
(MARINE.) Henri Daniel GAULTIER, Count de RIGNY, Vice-Admiral (1782-1835) Nephew of Baron LOUIS Minister of Finance - Beautiful A.S. Letter dating from his youth, from VIENNA on August 4 (1809) - Addressed to M. FORESTIER his protector - 2pp in-4°: "The interest that you have always wanted to show me, persuades me that you will not have learned indifferently of my nomination to the rank of Lieutenant in the Guards... Attached to my state by taste, I have resisted, especially for the past year, the opportunities that have been offered to me to leave it advantageously. Your esteem and your protection will compensate me for the hopes I have sacrificed to make my way in the Navy... Everyone here is flattered by the Peace..." (WAGRAM had taken place one month before, an armistice was signed on July 12, 1809) + One joined: Portrait of the Vice-admiral Count of RIGNY and a notice Biographical and Necrological notice joined together, Printed 16 pages in-8°.
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