Lot n° 363
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1200 - 1500
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Marc-Marie, marquis de BOMBELLES (1744-1822)... - Lot 363 - Ader
Marc-Marie, marquis de BOMBELLES (1744-1822) diplomat, he fought valiantly in the Emigration and was entrusted with important missions; after the death of his wife, he entered the orders, became bishop of Ober-Glogau, and in 1819 bishop of Amiens.
Interesting set of documents concerning his role in the emigration, and the seizure of his papers.
A. FILE concerning the seizure of his papers in Oberglogau in 1808, and their restitution in 1816 by the duce of Feltre.
General Pajol: P.A.S., Nov. 10, 1808 (1 p. in-4); order to Captain Servan to arrest Bombelles and seize his papers.
General Pajol: L.A.S., Oberglogau Nov. 15, 1808 (3 p. in-fol.), to Marshal Davout, duke of Auerstedt, recounting the seizure of the papers and his vain search for Bombelles.
Minutes of the seizure of the papers, Nov. 15, 1808 (2 p. in-fol.).
Colonel Servan: L.A.S. to Bombelles, November 5, 1814 (3 p. in-4), protesting royalism, and denouncing the persecutions exercised against the marquis under "the odious reign of the usurper.
Duke of Feltre: L.S. to Bombelles, March 15, 1816 (1 p. in-4), handing over to him the papers that had been seized in 1808.
Large envelope having contained the seized papers, and returned to Bombelles (wax seals of the Ministry of War), annotated by the Marquis de Bombelles: "Papiers saisis chez moi à Oberglogau en 1808 par ordre du maréchal Davout dans lesquelles se trouvent parmi des lettres de Mgr le Prince Condé et autres interessantes un billet de la main de Louis XVI et un morceau du gilet qu'il portoit en allant à la mort.
B. 6 autograph minutes (except one) of letters from BOMBELLES, seized in 1808, and on which the seal of the Senate of Glogau was affixed (8 p. ½ in-fol, He protests against the dictatorship of Buonaparte; he writes to Condé recalling his services for the royal cause; he asks to intervene in his favor near Tsar Paul I; he recalls his services and his friendship for England; "Route that could be taken by a corps of 4 to 5000 by going from Lintz to Kuxhaven to find a prepared embarkation and combined with the march of this corps".
C. 6 letters addressed to Bombelles, 1797-1807, and seized from his papers (and on which the wax seal was affixed). Letters from Furmas de Périès, the princess dowager of Monaco, the duke of Harcourt, the baron of Dominique, the count of Damas, the count of Cayla. Interesting letters on the Emigration, on the army of the Emigrants, on the Prince of Condé, the Duke of Enghien, etc.
A L.S. from Maximilian-Joseph of Bavaria (Munich January 6, 1814), 2 L.A.S. from Prince Charles of Lorraine, and two other letters, addressed to Bombelles, are enclosed.
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