Joseph FOUCHE, Duke of Otranto - LS September 1809 objecting to customs duties Period_Napoleonic

Joseph FOUCHE, Duke of Otranto - LS September 1809 objecting to customs duties Period_NapoleonicFOUCHE, Joseph, Duke of Otranto (1759 1820) Letter Signed (Fouch) to M. Eschasseriaux, French Minister Plenipotentiary to the court at Lucca, an irate letter regarding export duties unexpectedly imposed on a shipment of Carrara marble. 3 pages folio in French, Paris, 10 September 1809. The sumptuous Empire style had an obvious need for marble, be it for statues or for building. The famous quarries at Carrara came under the jurisdiction of the Grand

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Montgomery enjoyed a close friendship with Sir Victor Mallet

Kindly give Madame Curtius my best regards

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Constant LAMBERT (1905-1951)

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suggesting that they should produce Fedora with Sarah Bernhardt