[Jean Léonor François, comte LEMAROIS (1776-1836) general an - Lot 225

[Jean Léonor François, comte LEMAROIS (1776-1836) general and aide-de-camp to Napoleon]. 8 pieces addressed to him or concerning him, 1797-1816. L.S. by Scherer, 24 pluviôse VI (December 13, 1797): appointment to the post of Captain of the Foot Grenadiers (half-page fol. on the letterhead of Le Ministre de la Guerre, vignette). - Bulletin d'enregistrement du Conseil du sceau des Titres, signed by Dudon, April 23, 1808 (1p. and a half in-4 partly printed). - 2 circular letters from the Procureur général and the Secrétaire général du Conseil du sceau des Titres, confirming the patent of investiture of the 1000-franc annuity on Monte Napoleone, Paris March 26 and July 15, 1810 (2p. and a half in-fol. partly printed, one vignette). - "Complément des biens situés en Hanovre, faisant partie de la dotation de M. le Comte Lemarois, Général de Division", December 13, 1810 (12-page notebook on vellum in-fol. in paper folder). - Certified copy of the letter sent by the Ministry of War to Lemarois restoring the amount of his pension, the title of which he had mislaid, Paris February 10, 1814 (1p. in-fol.). - Instruction from the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honor to receive his salary each quarter (printed, 2p. in-fol.). - Letter from the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honor, receipt for his letter and his brevet d'officier de l'ordre royal, July 24, 1816 (1p. in-4 partly printed, address). Attached are 3 photographs of Lemarois family properties: the Château de Pépinvast in Manche and the hôtel particulier, now avenue Franklin-Roosevelt, built by the general's son in 1863.