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215 - LETTER FROM A SOLDIER. - PICARD. "J'EUS LE MALHEUR D'AVOIR M…
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LETTER FROM A SOLDIER. - PICARD. "J'EUS LE MALHEUR D'AVOIR MON CHEVAL TUE DESSOUS EN LA DERNIERE AFERE D'OSTENDE...". Autograph letter signed in two places, to his parents in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain in the Côte-d'Or department. Arras, 16 messidor an II [4 July 1794]. 2 pp. in-4, handwritten header with motto "Égalité et fraternité ou la mort" [Equality and fraternity or death], address on back; small tear to address leaf due to opening without affecting text. Private Picard served in the 13th Regiment of Mounted Chasseurs. " ... I am announcing good news, I AM ANNOYING YOU THE TAKEOVER OF [T]OURNAIT AND OSTANDE AND MONCE. I can really tell you. Four days ago I returned to take the deposit at [Ar]ras an n'A[r]tois. I had the misfortune of having my horse killed [d]essous in the last battle of Ostande, out of goodness that I did not ul[c]u[ne] injure... ".
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
Pictures credits:
Michel Bury and Henri du Cray
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