PRINCES' ARMY. 1815. SOMME - Certificate... - Lot 407 - Vermot et Associés

PRINCES' ARMY. 1815. SOMME - Certificate of Good Conduct for Messire Henri, Marie de LIGNIÈRES, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor "...having remained without activity only in the firm persuasion that he could be more useful to his King and his Country, if a happy change in accordance with the wish of his heart came to make succeed to an illegitimate and oppressive Government, a soft, just and truly Paternal Government...". - Signed CORVISART, Ancien Capitaine au Régiment Royal Infanterie de l'Armée de CONDÉ; then 5 legalizations signed in HAM on October 24, 1815: Pierre Louis, Comte de BLOTTEFIÈRE, ancien Maréchal de Camp, Chevalier des Ordres Royaux et Militaire de St Louis, 15 oct. 1815; Charles BOUZIER D'ESTOUILLY, former Officer Emigré (for the King's cause); Joseph Armand MACQUEREL DE PLEINE-SELVE Former Officer Emigré, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis of the deputy mayor of HAM/Somme; Sub-Prefect of Péronne/Somme; Subscriptions signed by HURAULT, Marquis de VIBRAYE, Pair de France, and LA ROCHEFOUCAULT, Duc de DOUDEAUVILLE Pair de France. (4 red wax seals, 2 black seals) - 2 1/4 pages in-folio.