BERTRAND DE SIVRAY, Louis. Letter from Bertrand de Sivray to the Duke of Ragusa Marmont.
Macarsca, September 6, 1808
300x200 mm sheet, laid paper with watermark. Three elegantly handwritten pages in black ink, 1 blank page. Printed letterhead. Fine specimen.
Bertrand de Sivray, General 1809 and Baron of the Empire 1810 was an officer of the Legion of Honor distinguishing himself in Dalmatia from 1806 to 1808.
The General informs the Duke of Ragusa that he is on his way to Zadar to preside over a council of war. "Your Excellency no doubt already knows all the details of the events that took place in Constantinople and of the departure of the French Consul on the night the news was brought by a Tatar...."