Boniface de castellane (1788-1862) marshal of France. 9 L.A. - Lot 198

Boniface de castellane (1788-1862) marshal of France. 9 L.A. (some dictated partly autograph), 1815 and 1830-1835, to his father General Count Boniface de Castellane-Novejean (3), or to his son Henri de Castellane (4); 27 pages small in-4, addresses. Reuil March 19, 1815. He does not know where his regiment is, which is neither in Nancy nor in Metz; he will dine this evening with Baron de Lagny in La Ferté... Acosta July 9, 1815. The sub-prefect orders the prompt payment of land taxes "for the payment of a contribution of two million imposed on the Dept of Seine-et-Oise by the Prussians"... Reuil June 8, 1830. Anecdote concerning Baron de Lagny: "A great deal of probity, a gravely visible ministerialism... a politeness that some believe to be the product of a gravely flattered self-esteem... in addition, it is well worth revolutionary rudeness, and even poorly learned politeness"... January 22-23, 1832, on Hennequin's plea against Mme de Feuchères, on behalf of the Princes de Rohan: "This assassination of the poor Duc de Bourbon, which they tried to pass off as a suicide, revolts all the circumstances of this appalling crime!... and they assure us that the legal position in which she finds herself protects this scoundrel so that she will win her case and remain covered in gold and infamy. It is, however, a public misfortune that such a monster should be acquitted"... Merckem's H.Q. December 23-24, 1832, on the siege of Antwerp: "This morning at 8 a.m. gal Chassé wrote to the evil Gerard to ask him to capitulate at 9 a.m. firing ceased. The last cannon shot took the arm of an artillery lieutenant. This weapon had had 7 officers killed or wounded for 36 hours"... Perpignan December 17, 1833. "Morella was taken on 10 Xbre by the Queen's troops; it was a point in the kingdom of Valencia, where the insurgents had established a Carlist junta"... Aix-en-Savoie May 16 [1834]. Quick picture of Aix and Spa, where the English dominate and money flows freely. He travels to Geneva... Nice March 15-16, 1835. His son is right to say that they are less serious in this place of pleasure than elsewhere: he evokes "the Pope's puppets" of the previous day...