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MONTHOLON Charles Tristan, comte de (1783-1853) général, il accompagna Nap
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MONTHOLON Charles Tristan, comte de (1783-1853) général, il accompagna Napoléon en captivité.
3 L.A.S. "gal Montholon", 1834-[1842], to Emmanuel de LAS CASES
father, then to the son (with autogr. minute of answer of the latter)|
6 pages in-4, one address, and 3 pages in-4.
Paris May 12, 1834. "Years have passed since we have seen each other
, great misfortunes have overwhelmed me and above all have
untied links that I must believe to be indissoluble by judging them on the
protests which are lavished on me while fortune granted me its favours
| I cannot however push back the conviction that for you the
chain of St. Helena is not broken and I am convinced that the fraternity that
the paternal friendship of the Great Man created between you and me, will find
all its empire"... He expects from him "a brotherly service": the loan of one thousand
francs...
Citadel of Ham 28 February 1841.
He protests against the omission of his name
from the Diary of the son Las Cases: "You cannot ignore [...] that it is
me alone who watched over the Emperor during the forty-two nights that preceded his death, because he did not want to receive any other care than
mine| that it is I who closed his eyes| that it is to me that
by his order Mr Marchand gave his will, his codicils, his
letters to Messrs. Jacques Laffitte and de La Bouillerie, his instructions for
his executors| that it is through me that the communication
was made to them| that it is from me that they received, one the manuscript of the
Campaigns of Egypt and the Isle of Elba, the other the manuscript of the wars
of Caesar that I offered and gave to them| that it is again I who according to
a previous order written in the hand of the Emperor fulfilled the painful
mission to preside over the last dispositions concerning the duties at
to return his mortal remains"... His present captivity "near the heir
of the Emperor" is one more right to his memory ... March 30, 1841, La
3 L.A.S. "gal Montholon", 1834-[1842], to Emmanuel de LAS CASES
father, then to the son (with autogr. minute of answer of the latter)|
6 pages in-4, one address, and 3 pages in-4.
Paris May 12, 1834. "Years have passed since we have seen each other
, great misfortunes have overwhelmed me and above all have
untied links that I must believe to be indissoluble by judging them on the
protests which are lavished on me while fortune granted me its favours
| I cannot however push back the conviction that for you the
chain of St. Helena is not broken and I am convinced that the fraternity that
the paternal friendship of the Great Man created between you and me, will find
all its empire"... He expects from him "a brotherly service": the loan of one thousand
francs...
Citadel of Ham 28 February 1841.
He protests against the omission of his name
from the Diary of the son Las Cases: "You cannot ignore [...] that it is
me alone who watched over the Emperor during the forty-two nights that preceded his death, because he did not want to receive any other care than
mine| that it is I who closed his eyes| that it is to me that
by his order Mr Marchand gave his will, his codicils, his
letters to Messrs. Jacques Laffitte and de La Bouillerie, his instructions for
his executors| that it is through me that the communication
was made to them| that it is from me that they received, one the manuscript of the
Campaigns of Egypt and the Isle of Elba, the other the manuscript of the wars
of Caesar that I offered and gave to them| that it is again I who according to
a previous order written in the hand of the Emperor fulfilled the painful
mission to preside over the last dispositions concerning the duties at
to return his mortal remains"... His present captivity "near the heir
of the Emperor" is one more right to his memory ... March 30, 1841, La