General DONNADIEU (Gabriel) Nîmes/ Gard 1777 - Courbevoie 18 - Lot 430

General DONNADIEU (Gabriel) Nîmes/ Gard 1777 - Courbevoie 1849 - General and Baron d'Empire - Letter A.S. DONNADIEU, August 9, 1817 - 1p in-4°: "Monseigneur. I beg a thousand pardons from Your Excellency if I have been a little overheated in my observations; ... I would like and feel able to do something in this circumstance to stop and prevent the crimes being committed in some provinces. The King and the Fatherland. The Fatherland and the King. These are my invariable principles, and I dare say that with a little energy and strength these principles would triumph, and silence the voice of passions and parties. Send me to the south if you can't send me elsewhere. I pledge to restore order, using only the means of conciliation..."