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48_Masson_SH| identifiant | 48_Masson_SH |
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| fait partie de | Masson |
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| est validé | oui |
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| date | 1818/12/04 00:00 |
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| titre | Lettre du major Gorrequer au comte Montholon |
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| texte en markdown | <h1><span style="font-family:Chivo;font-size:60%;line-height:1;"><b>48_Masson_SH -</b> MAJOR GORREQUER AU COMTE MONTHOLON</span></h1>
<h2 data-kind="letter-context;" style="text-align: right; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal">Plantation House, December, 4<sup>th</sup> 1818</h2>
Sir,
Having mentioned to the governor, the subject of your conversation with me, in respect to the books which were supposed to have arrived on this island for Mr. O'Meara, he has desired me to acquaint you, that amongst some books and new publications, which have recently arrived here, are the French ones mentioned in the enclosed list.
As they are evidently of a description which Mr. O'Meara must have been commissioned to procure, the governor has directed that they should be placed at your disposition for General Bonaparte's use, and he only requests that the circumstance of there having been directed to be delivered to Mr. O'Meara under a false name. The motive for which on other grounds a false address appears to have been assumed, and the clandestine manner so gratuitously and unnecessarily devoted to for introducing them into the island, should have occasioned any delay in their transmission to Longwood, or rendered any application necessary on your part, for obtaining them.
Under the peculiar circumstances however, in which these books have come, the governor will be obliged by your acknowledging the receipt of them.
With reference to what you mentioned to me generally, about the description of books which might be acceptable at Longwood, he has desired me to put up a few from his own collection, of which a list also accompanies; and he will be happy to attend in other respects to the further suggestions you offered to me on the same matter.
I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedient humble servant,
G.Gorrequer
Annexe
List of French publications sent to Count Montholon with an explanatory letter on the 4th of December 1818
6 volumes : 3 Atlas Précis des évènements militaires
1 volume : Mémoires de la guerre de la Vendée
1 volume : Campagne du prince Eugene
3 volumes : Campagnes en Prusses
1 volume : Thibaut, Expédition de Portugal en 1807 et 8
1 volume : Dormet, Campagne de l'armée Franco-Italienne en 1813 et 1814
1 volume : Histoire de la campagne d'automne 1813 en Allemagne
1 volume : Rogniat, Considération sur l'art de la guerre 1818
4 volumes : Victoires des Francais
1 volume : Précis historique des opérations militaires de l'armée d'Italie 1813 et 1814
1 volume : Aperçu nouveau sur les campagnes des Francais en Portugal en 1807, 8, 9, 10 & 11
2 volume : Histoire de l'expedition de l'armée Britannique en Égypte par Robert Thomas Wilson
1 volume : Réponse à M. le lieutenant général Cannel par M le lieutenant général Maximilien Lamarque[^1]
G. Gorrequer, major
[^1]: Expédition, Bibliothèque Thiers, fonds Masson, carton 8, fol. 198-200. |
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