Letter from Georges Washington Motier, maquis de Lafayette, to unknown recipient : autograph manuscript signed, circa 1815 December 20.

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Letter from Georges Washington Motier, maquis de Lafayette, to unknown recipient : autograph manuscript signed, circa 1815 December 20.

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Has been asked to send names of the peers of France who voted for the deportation of Marshal Michel Ney; sends the list and expresses his kind sentiments.

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Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849

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Son of the American Revolutionary hero, the marquis de Lafayette. From the description of Letter of Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014865 ...

Ney, Michel, duc d'Elchingen, 1769-1815

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Michel Ney was one of 18 Marshals of France under Napoleon. He participated in the French invasion of and retreat from Russia in 1812 and earned himself the nickname of "Le Rougeaud, le Brave des Braves" (the bravest of the brave) from Napoleon. He was named the 1st Due d'Elchingen (1805) and 1st Prince de la Moskowa (1813) by Napoleon. Ney assisted in the effort to depose Napoleon, sided with the restoration of the monarchy and Louis XVIII. When Napoleon again assumed his position as Emperor, N...