Jean Lannes

Marshal Joachim Murat
(1767-1815)

note: Murat was one of Napoleon’s Marshals circa 1805.(Murat, Murat, Reverse)

Marshal Francois-Joesph Lefebvre
(1755-1820)

note:  Lefebvre was one of Napoleon’s Marshals.  Item establishing a lease of nine years for Maximilien Louis Rigal “Senate member and Treasurer of the fourth cohort of the Legion d’Honneur” on “a house in Paris Joubert Street No. 523, belonging to Marshal Lefebvre . Lefèbvre, lender, is represented as “Marshal of the Empire, member of the Senate Curator, Grand Officer, Chief Cohort and Grand Cordon of the Legion d’Honneur in Paris, rue d’Enfer No. 60.” Contract signed and initialed by notaries, Rigal and Lefebvre, 9 Germinal (30 March 1805).(Two, Three, Seal, Seal, Lefebvre, Lefebvre)

Claude Ambroise Regnier
(1746-1814)

note: This is a document by the Duke of Massa while Minister of Justice and dated the 7th of May 1806.(Reverse)

French Passport

note: This is an example of a French passport dated the 20th of November 1806.(Reverse)

General Antoine-Louis Albitte
(1761-1812)

…The enemy is cut and beat on all sides and many prisoners, we have taken equipment and artillery, it is impossible to get back online, the army continued without a break.

note: This document announces the French victory over the Russians at Pultusk. Lannes would play a key role in the battle.  Albitte would be killed during the Russian Campaign.(Lannes, Lannes)

Marshal Pierre-Francois-Charles Augereau
(1757-1816)

1st of May 1807
After the campaign of Franconie, His Majesty deigned to make me hope to give a sabre d’ honneur to the Chef d’Escadron Larrieu for the cleverness and bravery he had shown in several occasions, but this young officer left for another army and he did not obtain this distinction. He has since then ever been waging war, and General Verdier, whose Aide-de-Camp he is, gives an excellent testimony of his services. He’s going to the Grande Armée and has let me known his desire to get the officer cross of the Légion d’honneur. As he has got real titles to my esteem, I cannot, Monseigneur, refuse to recommend him to your Highness’s benevolance.
(signed)
AUGEREAU

note: Augereau was one of Napoleon’s Marshals. He was a close friend of Lannes. Major Larrieu would receive the Légion d’Honneur in 1813.(Augereau, Augereau, Verdier, Légion d’Honneur)

General Jean-Baptiste-Isidore Lamarque d’Arrouzat
(1762-1830)

note: This a document by General Lamarque while a Major in the15th Regiment of the Line and dated the 10th of August 1807. Lamarque would distinguish himself at the battle of Aspern-Essling.(Reverse, Battle of Essling)

General Henri-Jacques-Guilaume Clarke
(1765-1818)

“…I received today the letter that you wrote me on 12th  this month, by sending me that of Marshall Kalkreuth. I will hasten to pass it on to Paris and inform his Majesty’s.  I have been appointed Minister of War in place of the Prince of Neuchatel and I will be replaced by Marshal Victor…”

note: This is a document by General Clarke to Marshal Soult and dated the 17th of August 1807.  General Clarke held the position Governor General of Berlin and Prussia since November 1806, appointed in the aftermath of Jena. He was appointed Minister of War in place of Berthier on the 9th of August 1807 and remained until April 1814.(Bulletin, Clarke, Soult, Soult)

Napoleon Bonaparte
(1769-1821)

General Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke
(1765-1818)