MARET, Duke of BASSANO (Bernard-Hugues), Ambassador, Secreta - Lot 519

MARET, Duke of BASSANO (Bernard-Hugues), Ambassador, Secretary-General of the Consuls; Minister of Foreign Affairs – Letter A.S. “The Duke of BASSANO” to the General, Duke of FELTRE - PARIS, April 24, 1813 – 2 pages, in-4° - Watermark: Napoleon Emperor: “Colonel de PEYRON is about to depart; he is not the sort of man to accept money; I had some set aside for him; he needs it, yet I can find only one pretext to give it to him: is he entitled, as a prisoner of war, to provisions until the border and to travel expenses? ...” - Copy of the Duke of FELTRE’s reply to the letter: “Upon verification, nothing is given to senior officers who are prisoners of war and are returning to their country...”