Général SORBIER (Jean-Joseph-Auguste) Gard 1774 - Vérone (Italie) 1809

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Général SORBIER (Jean-Joseph-Auguste) Gard 1774 - Vérone (Italie) 1809
2 Autograph letters signed : 1°) L.A.S. MILAN March 4, 1802, to Mr DUPONT Director of Posts in VENICE (Address + Contreseing du Gal) - 1p in-4° - He asks him to buy horses from him "3 horses at my disposal at MESTRE...". + 2°) Letters A.S. MILAN March 12 - "I am counting on two horses in your way my dear Dupont, have them treated at Stra or Mestre, ride them to try them, have them shot with pistols and guns to the ears. If you can have three of them trained, fire-hardened, light, passable-mouthed and with four legs, buy and buy quickly. I'll come with grooms, money, saddles, guns. And with every victory we have won, with every cavalry charge I will think of you and send you cabbage, thanks, fighting relations that will make your mouths water. The Prince's Cousin will give you the letter, it is a kind young man who has not yet fired his shot since his departure from Spain. It is a shameful thing indeed. He is to deliver his first blow in a gondola. ...." - 2pp in-4°
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