BIB_ID
458038
Accession number
MA 23954
Creator
Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, by 1910.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 43.2 x 54.3 cm
Notes
Removed in 1988 from an extra-illustrated copy of R.H. Horne, The history of Napoleon (London: R. Tyas, 1840-1846); PML 196675-80. Letters removed from the volumes at this time were given the accession number MA 4587, but were never formally accessioned.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan by 1910.
Summary
Document signed by Charles Philippe (later Charles X), brother of Louis XVIII, appointing Jean Pierre Antoine, Comte de Béhague Villeneuve, as Lieutenant General des Armees du Roi. Written when Charles Philippe was in exile in Edinburgh.
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