HENRI V, duke of Bordeaux then count of CHAMBORD (1820-1883). L.A.S., Goritz March 17, 1876, to Baron Edmond de Beurnonville; 2 1/2 pages in-8. "My uncle had for your venerable father [...] a too lively affection; I heard him too often praising the eminent qualities of his aide-de-camp de Beurnonville. He in turn honored "the memory of the old servant of the monarchy with a token of sympathy and gratitude. The Colonel of the 6th Regiment of the Royal Guard was in his military life the model of devotion and honor. In his voluntary retirement, and until his last hour, he kept the cult of the principles outside of which he saw for his country neither greatness, nor salvation. If he had the pain of breaking his sword, he knew at least how to serve France again by the example of his fidelity". The baron and his brother can be "proud of the name you bear"... A period copy of the proclamation of the Count to the French, October 25, 1852, is attached.