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DAVOUT LOUIS-NICOLAS: (1770-1823) French military commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon. L.S., Prince d'Eckmuhl, one page, folio, Fontainebleau, 6th October 1816, to the Duc de Feltre, in French. Davout writes concerning additional compensation for the travel expenses incurred by his aide-de-camp Jacques de Trobriand who, on the Emperor's orders, went to Hamburg and then to Hanover. With a brief endorsement in the hand of the Duc de Feltre at the foot, 'Trobriand left in the middle of the night. I gave the order to M. Pichon, my secretary, to advance him two thousand francs…I ask your Excellency….to reimburse M. Pichon'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818) Franco-Irish General and Marshal of France who served as Minister of War 1807-14, 1815, 1815-17.

