MILITARY HISTORY - CLERGY - REVOLUTION Autograph... Lot 42

[MILITARY HISTORY] - CLERGY - REVOLUTION Autograph letter, unsigned, addressed to Abbé de Seyssel, Münster. August 27, 1797 at Mde Henen, near Porte d'Auguste; 3 pages in-12°, address, small black wax seal (small tears from broken seal). Very interesting missive on the submission of the clergy, following the law of 19 fructidor an V, which imposed a new republican oath on ecclesiastics. - DAMAS Ange-Hyacinthe-Maxence, baron de [Paris, 1785 - id., 1862], French officer and politician. Autograph letter signed with an initials addressed to a baron. Menou April 7, 1823; 2 1/2 pages small in-4°. Beautiful, friendly letter, dated from the Château de Menou, in the Nièvre region, where Baron de Damas is having work done. Appointed Minister of War in October 1823, after his dazzling actions during the Spanish Expedition, Baron de Damas replaced Chateaubriand after the latter's ouster in June 1824, then became tutor to the young Duke of Bordeaux in 1828; he and his wife shared the royal family's exile after Charles X's abdication. Enclosed: an autograph letter signed by Baronne de Damas, née Charlotte Laure d'Hautefort, addressed to M. de Villarmois. Paris, March 31, 1830. Concerning a piece of land belonging to her family, which she was forced to give up but which it would be possible to buy back, with the help of her correspondent (3 p. in-4°). - Empire] - JALRAS, François (1750-1817), general and baron of the Empire. Autograph letter signed, addressed to his wife. Legnago headquarters January 15, 1806; 3 pages in-4° on a biffeuillet on his letterhead as brigadier general (red stain in margin). - Garibaldi] / Abbé Cazeneuve Autograph letter signed. "Bay of Naples to Bor of the Algeciras", September 2, 1862; 6 pages in-8°. Magnificent letter. He informs his correspondent of Garibaldi's equipment. If Garibaldi has not been as prompt in Sicily," said General La Marmora, "the fault must be laid at Cugia's door. He allowed himself to be completely misled during the first days, by Garibaldi's protests; I regret this for him, for he is a man I esteem and love". - LANREZAC Charles Louis Marie [Pointe-à-Pitre, 1852 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1925], French general]. 19 letters, mostly addressed to him, sometimes accompanied by notes in his own hand, 1904-1935. A colonial officer and field photographer, Henri Lanrezac served notably in French Sudan and Algeria. Son of General Charles Lanrezac, who commanded the Fifth Army in 1914, he was a member of the Société des Amis des pays de la Sarre. Attached is a set of preparatory notes for a lecture Lanrezac gave at the Hôtel de La Tremoille on the idea of imperialism. - Military - Gibraltar] Letter from a soldier to his mother. [Pontivy], November 29 [1759]. 3 pages in-4°. Lacks at bottom and tear at top fold.