AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
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Oct 30, 2019
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 690:
JOURDAN JEAN BAPTISTE: (1762-1833) Marshal of France. An excellent A.L.S., Ml Jourdan, Soisy sous Etiolles, 20th ...
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JOURDAN JEAN BAPTISTE: (1762-1833) Marshal of France. An excellent A.L.S., Ml Jourdan, Soisy sous Etiolles, 20th May 1830, to General Vaudoncourt, in French. Jourdan sends his congratulations to his correspondent referring to his plan of publishing a military journal, although he doubts about the readers response, stating `..It is certain that a State cannot be free if it is not idependent, therefore the necessity of a permanent army. But will a State keep its freedom if the army can become a toll to detroy this same freedom?, further explaining the way he thinks this should work, saying `..the army has to be at the service of the government to repel any foreign aggression, but will only be allowed to intervene in the interior of the State subject to the law and public freedom
´ With blank address leaf, postmarked. Small overall creasing, otherwise VG £80-120
Frederic François Guillaume de Vaudoncourt (1772-1845) French General, and military Historian and Writer.
