Député DARNAUDAT (Louis Jean Henry) Orthez (64) 1739 - 1816 - Lot 282

Député DARNAUDAT (Louis Jean Henry) Orthez (64) 1739 - 1816 - Conseiller au Parlement de NAVARRE; Député du Tiers aux États-Généraux par la Province du BÉARN; Maire d'ORTHEZ - Autograph letter signed "DARNAUDAT Député du Département des BASSES PYRÉNÉES", Paris December 14, 1790. 2 pages in-4°: "Monsieur, À peine me fut possible hier dans une audience aussi nombreuse de vous prononcer le nom de PENSUN si digne de vos bontés et de votre attention. This excellent and beloved Officer in our Department has children and his fortune is quite mediocre. His retirement under the Ancien Régime would have benefited them rather than harmed them, because part of his salary would have been granted after him to his family, to whom the Corps du Génie would also have granted benefits; everything has changed with the new order of things, and it is infinitely important that he be employed. I dare, Sir, to ask you for half a quarter of an hour of private Audience, either in his favor, or for another matter..."