Gabriel-Julien OUVRARD (1770-1846) financier, munitionnaire to the armies during the Revolution, Empire and Restoration. L.A.S., Conciergerie May 24, 1826, to the Duc d'Orléans, future Louis-Philippe (with the latter's autograph apostille); 1page fol. Ouvrard, in prison for debts, sends HRH the Duke of Orléans "a copy of the first part of my memoirs, She will see me in it entirely; at all times, my life has been a struggle with power"... Louis-Philippe noted at the top of the page: "You must give me a reply of thanks, & tell her that I shall read them with great interest. I have kept the book". Next to this apostille, minute of the draft reply dated May 29.