Maréchal MAISON (Nicolas-Joseph, comte) Épinay/ Hauts de Sei - Lot 493

Maréchal MAISON (Nicolas-Joseph, comte) Épinay/ Hauts de Seine 1771 - 1840 - General of the Empire, Maréchal de France in 1829 following the Expedition of GREECE, Ambassador, Minister - Letter A.S. "long chat" to a count, on various subjects. 4 pages in-4°. Langwaden (Germany) June 17, 1838: "... Here I am in the country, happy to be at rest... The country is so agitated by this unfortunate affair of the Archbishop of Cologne, a fanatical and intolerant priest whom the Government has perhaps struck too brutally... The rupture is not only between the Government and the Clergy. It has descended into the population, and the hatred between Protestants and Catholics, brought to an extreme point, manifests itself daily in acts of violence in the simplest habits of life, and in a thousand hassles unbearable for some, as for others..."