Gabriel-Julien OUVRARD (1770-1846) financier, munitionary of - Lot 400

Gabriel-Julien OUVRARD (1770-1846) financier, munitionary of the armies under the Revolution, the Empire and the Restoration. L.A.S., Conciergerie May 24, 1826, to the Duke of Orleans, the future Louis-Philippe (with autograph apostille of the latter); 1 page folio. Ouvrard, in prison for debts, sends to H.R.H. the Duke of Orleans "a copy of the first part of my memoirs, She will see me all there; at all times, my life was only a fight with the power"... Louis-Philippe noted at the top of the page: "It is necessary to make me an answer of thanks, & to say to him that I will read them with much interest. I have kept the book. Next to this apostille, a minute of the draft reply dated May 29.