General COMPANS. HAUTE-GARONNE. 4 Letters in-8°: 2 Autograph - Lot 571

General COMPANS. HAUTE-GARONNE. 4 Letters in-8°: 2 Autograph Letters signed by General Count Dominique COMPANS (Salies-de-Salat Haute-Garonne 1769 - Blagnac 1845) General and Count of the Empire. Family letters written from BLAGNAC (31) in 1829 to Madame la Comtesse de RUTY (sic Rutty) in Paris and 1845 and to Mr de CALISSANO in Paris (undated) + 2 Letters A. S. TERNAUX-COMPANS, to Madame Adolphine TERNAUX-COMPANS, 1845. text on the last days of General COMPANS: "My dear Adolphine. It is with a heavy heart that I write to you, for I have very sad news to tell you. The General's condition, which had been stationary for a long time, has suddenly worsened since yesterday. The cancer seems to have spread to the larynx, and it is only with great difficulty that the General can speak and swallow... the General is really in danger..."