Maréchal VICTOR (Claude-Victor PERRIN, duc de BELLUNE, dit) - Lot 371

Maréchal VICTOR (Claude-Victor PERRIN, duc de BELLUNE, dit) Lamarche 1764 - 1841 - General in 1797, Maréchal d'Empire in 1807. Letter signed "Le Général VICTOR" to COPENHAGE, 23 Messidor An 13 (17 July 1805). (He is Ambassador to Denmark). 2pp in-4° - "Je vous remercie, mon cher Ami, ... les témoignages de votre attachement me sont toujours bien sensibles et j'accepte avec plaisir vos félicitations sur la nouvelle mission que l'Empereur m'a confié et la manière distinguée dont il a voulu récompenser mes services. I must in turn congratulate you on the happy existence you have managed to secure for yourself. An honorable job, a loving and cherished wife, a beautiful child to brighten all this up - these are real assets, my dear Crouzet... Guiot (General GUYOT) didn't come with me. He could have followed me without harming his interests and advancement. I recommended him to Marshal LANNES, with whom he continues his service." (General GUYOT becomes Aide de Camp to Marshal LANNES).