Marshal MACDONALD (Etienne, Jacques, Joseph, Alexandre, duc - Lot 387

Marshal MACDONALD (Etienne, Jacques, Joseph, Alexandre, duc de TARENTE) Sedan/ Ardennes 1765-1840 - General in 1793, Marshal of the Empire 1809. Autograph letter signed "MACDONALD" from the Château de COURCELLES-LE-ROI (Loiret) on September 21, 1828. 1p large in-8° - "I received in due course Madame your first letter in which you announced the death of your Husband, which I would surely have welcomed had you not omitted your address. He was an unfortunate man. I don't know Monsieur le Baron de MENEVAL, whom I'm hearing about for the first time, so I can't write to him amp; besides, the voice you used seems to me the only legal one, for action before the Courts. If the case is outside the jurisdiction of the Justice of the Peace in your district...".