Return of KING LOUIS XVIII, following the fall of L'EMPIRE o - Lot 325

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Return of KING LOUIS XVIII, following the fall of L'EMPIRE o - Lot 325
Return of KING LOUIS XVIII, following the fall of L'EMPIRE on March 31st 1814. Royalists recognize LOUIS XVIII, King of France on April 7, 1814: "We, Count Armand de POLIGNAC, Colonel in the Service of His Majesty Louis XVIII, and Mr. De SÉMALLÉ (Jean-René-Pierre), former Page to LOUIS XVIII, entrusted with the power of His Royal Highness Mr. Comte d'ARTOIS, Lieutenant General of the Kingdom, hereby give full power and formal authorization to Mr. Gustave Gabriel DE GRIMOUVILLE to travel to Caen and surrounding towns in the same Department. Gustave Gabriel DE GRIMOUVILLE to go to Caen and surrounding towns in the same Department for the purpose of carrying the declaration of April 6th of this year by the Senate that Louis Stanislas Xavier is restored to the wishes of the French people by a Constitutional Charter equally advantageous to the people and to the Auguste family destined to govern them; ...Will recognize His Majesty LOUIS XVIII in his capacity as King of France, and the Bourbon Dynasty, as Royal Dynasty... Sa Majesté ne vouloirner régner que par la clémence, la douceur amp; la générosité... Long live the King, Long live Louis XVIII! - Paris April 7, 1814 - 2pp large in-folio - Red wax stamp - 6 lines A.S. "DE SÉMALLÉ" in the absence of the Comte de POLIGNAC. 2 folio pages.
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