General LIGNIVILLE (René Charles Elisabeth de, Baron) Meurth - Lot 385

General LIGNIVILLE (René Charles Elisabeth de, Baron) Meurthe-et-Moselle 1760-1813 - General in 1792, Prefect of Haute-Marne 1801, Deputy of HAUTE-MARNE 1802/07 - Letter signed Le Général LIGNIVILLE, Inspecteur général des HARAS, L'un des Commandants de la Légion d'Honneur (Son En-tête imp.) - BONCOURT by COMMERCY December 10, 1808 - to Mr. MÉRODE Mayor of BRUXELLES (Address, MP + Fr du Gal's countersignature) - 3 pages in-folio - The Minister of the Interior has just charged him with an infinitely delicate Commission, the dismissal of Mr. BLANCHARD DUFARGIS Agent-Comptable, former Captain of Dragoons. "...Extremely embarrassed by my position, having been unable to determine myself to believe that a former Captain of the Dragoons had debased himself, having also abhorred wearing almost the same uniform as a man who had covered himself in opprobrium, I thought of you...". -