MACDONALD Marshal Etienne-Jacques, Duke of Taranto - ALS 1825 Category_Philosophy

MACDONALD Marshal Etienne-Jacques, Duke of Taranto - ALS 1825 Category_PhilosophyEtienne Jacques MACDONALD, Duke of Taranto (1765 1840) Autograph Letter Signed (Macdonald) to an unidentified correspondent, thanking him for his concern in his (Macdonalds) misfortune. 1 page small 4to with integral blank leaf in French on black edged mourning paper, Paris, 25 May 1825. Trans: I had no doubt of the assurance you give me, my dear Greniere [?] to believe in the concern which you take in the horrible new misfortune which has struck me.

Trans: “I waited until my Astronomical Annual for 1915 was published before I replied to your letter so I could have the pleasure of offering it to you

But Piatti [a London-based cellist] not being back yet

You will also have to ask permission from Jonathan Cape Ltd

I have the pleasure of knowing for some years this worthy young man

rather confusingly states that payment for the expenses was made in 1813

Have you come across it

Napoleon proclaimed the Berlin Decree

Charles sent back word that they could go to the – They could not of course abandon the trench for such a reason – but in due time the explosion came & from the other trenches they saw the Germans run in & saw them moving some wounded

which swayed them

Crabbe’s poetry was widely admired by his contemporaries in the literary world

In the Crimea

Steel buildings and concrete buildings however did not suffer at all