NAPOLÉON I. L.S. "NP", Saint-Cloud August 14, 1811, to Count - Lot 242

NAPOLÉON I. L.S. "NP", Saint-Cloud August 14, 1811, to Count Mollien (Minister of the Treasury); the letter is written by Méneval; 1page in-4. He sends him two letters from Davout, Prince d'Eckmuhl. "Report back to me if all this becomes regularized. See to it that there is money in the paymaster's box for the pay. I'm sorry to see that the customs office has had to make advances for army service. Don't get used to these cash returns. You must have the pay of the Elbe observation corps paid, with the exception of the part that is in Westphalia: so have Hamburg find the funds necessary to bring it up to date. You know that the 4th and 6th battalions will arrive in this army in September. Write to the two Ministers of War, asking them to issue orders for all services, as this army is at their expense"...