GARD. Baron de MARGUERITTES de NÎMES. Lettre A.S. Esprit Eug - Lot 425

GARD. Baron de MARGUERITTES de NÎMES. Lettre A.S. Esprit Eugène Louis TEISSIER De MARGUERITTES (Born in Nîmes in 1781), Baron de Marguerittes, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, Colonel d'État-Major. Nephew of Jean Antoine TESSIER de MARGUERITTES, Deputy of 1789, 1st Mayor of Nîmes. Letter from Paris, March 15, 1816. To engineer Marie Riche, Baron de PRONY (1755-1839). 1page in-8°: "Some Englishmen, who are in Paris for a few more days, and who have been recommended to me by one of His Britannic Majesty's Ministers, would like to attend some of your astronomical observations; ... Please allow me to ask your permission to take them to the Observatory on the day and at the time you will be good enough to indicate to me...". Apostille from Engineer DE PRONY, on the letter: "Remettre un Billet à Mr le Baron de MARGUERITTES...".