(MARINE.) Henri Daniel GAULTIER, Comte de RIGNY, Vice-Admira - Lot 344

(MARINE.) Henri Daniel GAULTIER, Comte de RIGNY, Vice-Admiral (1782-1835), Nephew of Baron LOUIS Minister of Finance - Beautiful A.S. letter dating from his youth, from VIENNE August 4 (1809) - Addressed to M. FORESTIER his protector. 2 pages in-4°: "The interest you have always shown me persuades me that you will not have learned indifferently of my appointment to the rank of Lieutenant de Vaisseau in the Guard... Attached to my state by taste, I have resisted, especially over the last year, the opportunities offered to me to leave it advantageously. Your esteem and 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 a month earlier, an armistice was signed on July 12, 1809) + Enclosed: Portrait of Vice-Admiral Comte de RIGNY and a combined Biographical and Obituary notice, Printed 16 pages in-8°.