ORNE. Comte d'HÉRICY Jacques philippe Achille Louis Auguste - Lot 492

ORNE. Comte d'HÉRICY Jacques philippe Achille Louis Auguste Marquis de, Comte d' (1785-1842) his father, the Comte d'HERICY, found him a tutor at his Château de Fiquainville (near Fécamp) with the famous naturalist Georges CUVIER. He was Mayor of SOLIGNY-LA-TRAPPE from 1813-1818 & 1822-1830, and in 1800 married the Countess ROUAULT-GAMACHES (1781-1819), from whom he had two daughters: Elise Marquise de WALSH-SERRANT Duchesse de La MOTHE HOUDANCOURT and Zoé Henriette Marquise de La TOUR DU PIN - Letter A.S. Comte d'HÉRICY August 30, 1818 - 2 pages in-4° with M.P. address "59 MORTAGNE" - Letter of congratulations to his daughter Elise or Elisa for her Prix d'honneur at Madame MADELEINE's boarding school in the Marais district of PARIS "Yes, my dear Elisa, I am happy with your success, as I will always be with your happiness. Apply yourself now, my Elisa, to always keep and practice the good principles and education you have received, so that Mesdames de RYAN and de la MADELEINE will always be proud of their pupil, and that in all times you will always deserve the prize of honor. Your sister, I hope, will acquire it in her turn. Your example will guide and encourage her, and she will not want her older sister to prevail over her...Your father, my dear Elisa, will always be your friend, you would recognize friendship, even in its severity; but he will never need to be with you and Zoé. Kiss him with all your heart for me..."