Comte de LACÉPÈDE, Bernard-Germain-Étienne La Ville-sur-Illo - Lot 429

Comte de LACÉPÈDE, Bernard-Germain-Étienne La Ville-sur-Illon (Agen 1756 - 1825) Naturalist, Legislator, member of the Institut and Minister of State - Letter signed by Comte de LACÉPÈDE, Le Grand Chancelier de la LÉGION D'HONNEUR. Paris December 5, 1818, to Comte de CHAMPAGNY decorated with the Grand Aigle de la Légion d'Honneur, Ministre des Relations Extérieures. Reply to an application for admission to the Legion of Honor: "When the General Decisions of His Imperial and Royal Majesty allow me to have the honor of putting the titles of Mr. GOFFINET before his eyes, I will not allow His Majesty to be unaware that the long and useful services of this estimable civil servant have earned him the suffrages of Your Excellency...". 1p folio.

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