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1896S191Karlsruhe, Verlag von J. J. Riff, 1896. Halbleinen, 8°, 148 S., miit einer Klappkarte im Anhang, Zehnter Band der Reihe »Badener im Feldzug 1870/71«
1865ROD0110706LIBRAIRIE DE L. HACHETTE ET CIE. 1865. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos frotté, Mouillures. 488 pages. Tampon sur la page de titre. Etiquette bleue collée sur la coiffe en pied. Manque en coin sur la page de faux-titre sans réelle conséquence sur la lecture. Trace de mouillures sans réelle conséquence sur la lecture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 359-Marine militaire
181628313Paris P. Didot l'ainé 1816 plan original d'époque gravé en noir par François Denis Née (1732/1817) et Claude Louis Masquelier (1781/1852), d'après le dessin de Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse (1734/1808), sur papier vergé ligné, Format total : 53 centimètres de haut par 66 centimètres de large, "Plan perspectif de lÉcole royale militaire", De la collection "les Monuments de la France" publiée en 1816, sous la direction du comte Alexandre de Laborde, 1816 A Paris de l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'ainé Editeur,
185013027München, um 1850. "Aquarellzeichnung unter Passepartout in Holzrahmen. Rahmengröße: 20 x 17 cm; Blattgröße: ca. 14 x 9 cm."
18821220023Leipzig; Fues's Verlag (R. Reisland), 1871 - 1882. VI; 420; VII; 368 S. / XV; 416 S. / VI; 691 S. / XIV; 392 S. und VI; 309 S.; 22 cm; 5 rückengoldgepr. Orig.-Halblederbände.
1815183351815 un document Original Authentique manuscrit à l'encre brune sur papier vergé ligné crème filigrané (filigrane RAISIN (blanchard frères clisson)), format : 20 centimètres de HAUT par 32,5 centimètres de LARGE, Liste en colonnes, avec les noms, prénoms, domicile, Armée et chefs ou ils ont servi, grades, Age et Observations, sans date (1815 environ), signée Laurent Trigné et Julien Baron, capitaine de la Paroisse de la Bernardière,
18223602PARIS. GIDE FILS, LIBRAIRE. ANSELIN ET POCHARD, LIBRAIRES. 1822-1825. 2 VOLUMES GRAND IN-8 (20,5 X 27,5 X 10 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (4) + XV + (185) + 12 + (4) ET (4) + 6 + (77) PAGES, ENTIEREMENT MONTES SUR ONGLET, RELIURE DEPOQUE 1/2 MAROQUIN BRUN FONCE A COINS, DOS A CINQ NERFS, TITRE ET TETE DORES, NON ROGNE, RARES COUVERTURES GENERALES CONSERVEES (PETITOT RELIEUR). ILLUSTRE DE 100 + 48 LITHOGRAPHIES HORS TEXTE COLORIEES AU POCHOIR, TIREES SUR PAPIER GRIS, COUPEES PUIS COLLEES SUR PAPIER VELIN AU MOMENT DE LA RELIURE. EDITION ORIGINALE ET PREMIER TIRAGE. « L’OUVRAGE DE LAMI ET VERNET EST SANS CONTREDIT L’UN DES PLUS BEAUX QUI AIENT ETE FAITS SUR L’ARMEE FRANCAISE » (GLASSER 253-257). BEL EX-LIBRIS GRAVE DANS CHACUN DES VOLUMES DE HENRI MARCUS. RARE ENSEMBLE COMPLET DE SA SECONDE PARTIE CONCERNANT LES UNIFORMES DE LA RESTAURATION. QUELQUES FROTTEMENTS D’USAGE AUX NERFS, SANS GRAVITE, QUELQUES ROUSSEURS EPARSES SUR LES FEUILLETS DE TEXTE, SINON TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE.
18991407PARIS-NANCY. BERGER-LEVRAULT ET CIE., EDITEURS. 1899-1900. - LES ESPAGNOLS DE LA GRANDE ARMEE. LE CORPS DE LA ROMANA (1807-1808). LE REGIMENT JOSEPH-NAPOLEON (1809-1813). PAR LE COMMANDANT P. BOPPE, CHEF D’ESCADRON DE CAVALERIE TERRITORIALE. AVEC TROIS GRAVURES EN COULEURS ET UNE CARTE. PARIS-NANCY. BERGER-LEVRAULT ET CIE., EDITEURS. 1899. IN-8 DE VII + 257 ET (2) PAGES. ILLUSTRE DE 3 PLANCHES HORS TEXTE D’UNIFORMES EN COULEURS, DONT 2 PLANCHES DOUBLES, ET D’UNE CARTE HORS TEXTE. EDITION ORIGINALE. ENVOI D’AUTEUR SIGNE.- LA CROATIE MILITAIRE (1809-1813). LES REGIMENTS CROATES A LA GRANDE ARMEE. PAR LE COMMANDANT P. BOPPE, CHEF D’ESCADRON DE CAVALERIE TERRITORIALE. AVEC SIX PLANCHES EN COULEURS ET UNE CARTE. PARIS-NANCY. BERGER-LEVRAULT ET CIE., EDITEURS. 1900. IN-8 DE VI + 267 PAGES. ILLUSTRE DE 6 PLANCHES HORS TEXTE D’UNIFORMES EN COULEURS, DONT 4 PLANCHES DOUBLES, ET D’UNE CARTE HORS TEXTE. EDITION ORIGINALE. ENVOI D’AUTEUR SIGNE.2 OUVRAGES EN UN VOLUME (16 X 24,5 X 3,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON), RELIURE D’EPOQUE 1/2 CHAGRIN ROUGE, DOS A 5 NERFS ORNE DE FILETS DORES, TITRE DORE. DEFAUTS AU NIVEAU DE LA COIFFE ET DE LA CHARNIERE SUPERIEURES, SINON BON ETAT INTERIEUR POUR CETTE RARE REUNION D’OUVRAGES CONSACRES AUX PARTICIPATIONS ETRANGERES DANS LES CORPS DE LA GRANDE ARMEE.
1892M1646731892 BaUDOIN 1892 Colonel Langlois. L'ARTILLERIE DE CAMPAGNE EN LIAISON AVEC LES AUTRES ARMES. Baudoin, 1892, 2 vols in8 1/2 basane ,619 -394 pp. Croquis, plans dans de texte.Cachets ex biliothèque, les dos ont été recollés. Ouvrage néanmoins en bon état et bien solide. Suivant le poids et la destination les envois sont expédiés par transporteur ou par la poste . Si toutefois vous désirez la Poste, merci de nous contacter.
1822183421822 une Lettre, document Original Authentique manuscrit à l'encre brune sur deux feuillets de papier vergé ligné filigrané (filigrane de la papeterie Blanchard Frères à Clisson) couleur bleuté, format :16 centimètres de large par 20,5 centimètres de haut, TEXTE :"........St-Hilaire-du-Bois, le vingt six Janvier mil huit cent quinze......Monsieur mon Général, je vous dis que j'ai postez le tableau des Femmes Veuves et une Lettre dedans. Je lai postez a votre maison à Livernière le vingt quatre du courant...Monsieur, si votre Bonté permet, Je vous demande deux brevets. Un pour le porte drappaux François FRANCHETEAU et Lautre Jean Chevaillier Lancourt. Monsieur mon général, nous vous demandons justisse. Si votre Bontez le permet...etc....signé votre serviteur trés humble ...Jean Augereau Capitaine Vendéen..........Lettre adressée ,au dos à : "à Monsieur De Bruc Général Vendéen chavalier de St Louis, demeurant à Nantes au bas du Cours St Pierre" + une Lettre, document Original Authentique manuscrit à l'encre brune sur deux feuillets de papier vergé ligné filigrané (filigrane de la papeterie Blanchard Frères à Clisson) couleur crème, format :17 centimètres de large par 16 centimètres de haut, TEXTE : "....St-Hilaire-du-Bois....Liste de Ceux qui ont été Blessés....Premièrement....Jean CHIRON à la Pallaire, François PICHAUD au Ferchaud, François GARNIER de la Garnerie, François BROSSEAU de la Garnerie, Jean Chatellier de la DabinièreGabriel BACHELIER du Bourg, Capitaine, Jean Thuaud à Thillières....Signé....JEAN AUGEREAU CAPITAINE....." + une Lettre, document Original Authentique manuscrit à l'encre brune sur deux feuillets de papier vergé ligné filigrané (filigrane de la papeterie Blanchard Frères à Clisson) couleur crème, format :17 centimètres de large par 16 centimètres de haut, TEXTE : "....Ce quatre Novembre 1814...Monsieur mon Générazl, Je vous sallus et je vous pries de mexcuser, Je vous ai reclamez les addresses et si je vous fais la liste ebn grand. Les ensiens soldats ne veulent pas durer et mesme nous avons etez menassez par Monsieur Kiramar de Remouillé de lui donner la Liste. Mais comme nous ne connaissons que vous, nous n'avons fait aucun cas de lui...Monsieur mon Général je suis bien votre trés humbles et trés obeissant serviteurs....signé...AUGEREAU ,
1813RO80088559PREFECTURE DE LOT-ET-GARONNE. 18 novembre 1813. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 1 lettre imprimée de 1 page, sur papier à la forme. 22,5 x 17.5 cm.. . . . Classification : 1700-Documents Divers
1813RO80088558PREFECTURE DE LOT-ET-GARONNE. 18 nov. 1813. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 1 lettre imprimée de 3 pages, sur papier à la forme. 22,5 x 17.5 cm.. . . . Classification : 1700-Documents Divers
18702484Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1870 ; in-8, demi-chagrin rouge-sang, dos à cinq nerfs, titre doré, caissons décorés de fleurons dorés, toutes tranches mouchetées ; (2) ff. (faux-titre, titre), 139 pp., (1) f. (épilogue) ; 14 planches d'illustrations en noir dont une en frontispice, nombreuses illustrations en noir in-texte.
184335322Washington DC: U.S. Army 1843. Document. Good. Approx. 10' x 8" document. Folded sheet. 2 pages of contents with address on back. Letter written July 27 1843 and received 2'nd of August 1843. Transcribed below. Some of the content is difficult to decipher<br /> <br /> Ordnance Office Washington 27 July 1843<br /> <br /> Lieut. G. H. Talcott Comnd'g Augusta Arsenal <br /> <br /> Sir: <br /> <br /> It becomes necessary to enclose your property returns for correction neither of them having the certificate required by the 148th article ordinance regulations and now rendered necessary by the change of termination of the fiscal year from 30 September to that of June.<br /> <br /> You drop from the quarterly return a quantity of stores as "sold": no account sales have been rec'd see 103 article: there is also a number of articles dropped under the caption of quotation marks broken up worn out lost and dropped quotation marks but no voucher. These stores should be embraced on an abstract giving each item a separate line and attaching such explanations aside show the particular manner in which it was disposed of in fact all articles disappearing from the return should be covered by a proper voucher so that the May pass at the treasury. The same remarks are applicable to the tool return having omitted to send any vouchers with it: the stores "turned over to Lt. Hagner" do not appear to do not appear on the quarterly return as having been turned in as it is supposed was the case. The tools of iron steel etc. should be taken up on the quarterly return either as unserviceable or there wage in scrap iron steel a letter has been received two day from W Baker requesting certain connections certain corrections to be made to the return but as it has to be sent back for those others he will be best able to make them himself and for which purpose please submit it to him respectfully I am your obedience servant sp.<br /> <br /> Signed in different hand than than the content<br /> <br /> G Talcott Lt. Col. Ordn. U.S. Army unknown
184736655New Orleans: N/A 1847. N/A. Letter. Good. Letter. Approximately 8" x 10". Multiple folds. 4 pages with 3 pages of contents. Addresses and a pencil note written on the back page. 4 small circle corner stains on the first two pages. Overall condition is good or better.<br /> <br /> U.S. Army Paymaster John B. Butler is writing his daughter Harriet on January 17th 1847. From New Orleans he writes ".the wants of the Army imperatively demand that I shall return immediately. I leave tomorrow in the Steam Ship Alabama for the Army in Mexico. I shall go by Brazos Santiago the Rio Grande Camargo Monterey Mier Seraluo &c." He ads "There are many troops arriving from Penna among them I have met Several from Pittsburgh. They are now all embarking on board of ships provided with three months provisions. Their destination is not known but is supposed to be and Vera Cruz.I think Vera Cruz & the castle at that place will be assailed conjunctively by forces on land & by sea. May the God of battles protect our friends."<br /> <br /> Butler urges his daughter to give his kind regards to friends at her school. After initially closing the letter Butler writes a lengthy post script. New intelligence has been provided ".Genl Scott has returned from Carmgo and the Rio Grande and is now at the Brazos awaiting arrival of the troops that have been and that now being shipped at this place. This confirms the belief that Vera Cruz is his destination and the General's first demonstration will be against the fort and fortifications at that place."<br /> <br /> Butler urges his daughter to look at the map to find Vera Cruz and about the strong fort and castle. writing of strife and battle he writes his daughter "War always produces a wanton waste of blood & treasury - Every victory must have its victims; & contending armies are indiscriminate so there is no knowing who may fall."<br /> <br /> The last page has addresses and the letter is addressed to "Miss H. E. Butler Care Rev. C. C. Beatty Steubenville Ohio. N/A unknown
1863006939United States Army 1863. Book. Very Good. One PageFolded. 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". One sheet of paper backed with an attached second sheet two horizontal folds one vertical fold fragile yet Very Good sheets separating at folds. light age toning. Discharge papers for Thomas Fulford a private in Company B 64th Regiment Infantry Indiana Volunteers dated Sept. 30 1863 at St. Louis Mo by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. In left margin handwritten in red ink "Phthisis-hereditary-developed by exposure. He is unfit for the Invalid Corps". Signed at bottom "By Order of Maj. Gen. Schofield" and then signed "J.K. Hudson" with more writing below illegible. Stamped in red ink "paid by Robert Smith St. Louis Oct. 2 1863 Paymaster U.S.A." Also another stamp faint with just the word Ohio at right side above top fold. Verso bears handwritten "Discharge Certificate of Thomas F. Fulford Late of Co. B 64th Regt. Indiana Vols. Infantry". Private Fulford went on to live to the age of 68 fathering 8 children. At his death in 1899 his obituary referred to him as "well known old soldier of Washington Township". Major General John McAllister Schofield 1831 -1906 held major commands during the Civil War and later served as U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant and Commanding General of the United States Army. United States Army unknown
1863006939United States Army 1863. One sheet of paper backed with an attached second sheet two horizontal folds one vertical fold fragile yet Very Good sheets separating at folds. light age toning. Discharge papers for Thomas Fulford a private in Company B 64th Regiment Infantry Indiana Volunteers dated Sept. 30 1863 at St. Louis Mo by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. In left margin handwritten in red ink "Phthisis-hereditary-developed by exposure. He is unfit for the Invalid Corps". Signed at bottom "By Order of Maj. Gen. Schofield" and then signed "J.K. Hudson" with more writing below illegible. Stamped in red ink "paid by Robert Smith St. Louis Oct. 2 1863 Paymaster U.S.A." Also another stamp faint with just the word Ohio at right side above top fold. Verso bears handwritten "Discharge Certificate of Thomas F. Fulford Late of Co. B 64th Regt. Indiana Vols. Infantry". Private Fulford went on to live to the age of 68 fathering 8 children. At his death in 1899 his obituary referred to him as "well known old soldier of Washington Township". Major General John McAllister Schofield 1831 -1906 held major commands during the Civil War and later served as U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant and Commanding General of the United States Army. . One PageFolded. Very Good. 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". United States Army Paperback books
186333624Tullahoma Tennessee 1863. Document. Fair. Manuscript Document. Approx. 12.5" x 8". General Order No. 18 written on the front side and signed by the Assistant Adjutant General H. W. Walter. Also located on the lower left corner of the document is written "Maj Genl Wheeler a' g Wheeler's Cav Corps." On the verso is a handwritten summary of the order. The paper has dried water stains. The ink is light in spots. This handwritten General Order was reprinted in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion War of the Rebellion Records Series I. Vol. XXIII Part II Correspondence Etc. Chapter XXXV pages 858 859. The signature at the bottom of the document is not legible but it is not in the hand of General Wheeler. The document reads:<br /> <br /> The enemy has seen fit to expel from his lines and send to our midst not only those supposed to be guilty of crimes but non-combatants found in their homes in the peaceful pursuits of life. In the perpetration of these outrages on humanity and these violations of civilized warfare he has prostituted the flag of truce to the base purpose of protecting the guards who drive forth these exiles. Hereafter that flag will not protect those guards but they will be seized and sent forward to be treated as spies or prisoners of war as the circumstances in each case may require. By Command of General Bragg. unknown
1890010590Virginia 1890. Unbound. Very good. This lot consists of three items related to former Confederate Army Captain F. M. Sherry: </p> <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">“An 1865 Richmond Loyalty Oath Certificate. The certificate is dated 24 July 1865 and measures 6.25†x 4.25â€. It is franked with a 5-cent Internal Revenue Certificate stamp Scott #R24. In signing the document Sherry swore that he would<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">““Henceforth faithfully support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the union of the States thereunder; and that he will . . . abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. . .â€<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">He also swore that he would<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">“Uphold and defend the Government of Virginia as restored by the Convention which assembled at Wheeling on the 11th day of June 1861.â€<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">The oath was countersigned by C. P. Bigger “Notary Public for the City of Richmond and County of Henrico in the State of Va.â€<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">An 1890 “Grand Monument†certificate - The certificate is dated 29 September 1890 and measures 9.25†x 5.75â€. The certificate which bears a serial number No. 761 was issued by the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association of Richmond Virgina recognizing his contribution of ten dollars <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">“To the fund for the erection of a Grand Monument to the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy on Libby’s Hill Marshall Park Richmond VA. / D. C. Richardson President / Carlton McCarthy Secretary / Wm. H. Cullingworth Treasurerâ€<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;">The monument certificate is enclosed in a very scarce advertising cover for the Old Dominion Building & Loan Association that features a ‘picture frame collar’ surrounding the 2-cent Washington stamp Scott #220 that was used for postage. It bears a Richmond duplex postmark. F. M. Sherry a Richmond citizen served as Captain in the Confederate Army specifically in the defense of his city while assigned to George Washington Custis Lee’s Brigade and later within the Richmond Local Defense Troops during the final collapse of the Confederacy.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>By December 1863 it had become clear that the Union which had already occupied wide swaths of the Confederacy needed to plan for the likely reintegration into the Union of former members of its armed forces. On the 8th of that month President Lincoln drafted an Oath of Allegiance which if signed by a former rebel would restore their U. S. citizenship and allow them to vote in elections. Following the war his draft was variously modified into loyalty oaths by the reconstituted governments of the Southern states. The document in this lot is Virginia’s version.<br /> <br /> <p>The Confederate Monument Association was formed in 1888 to raise a memorial to the Confederate veterans of the Civil War. The monument which featured a Confederate soldier standing atop a Corinthian column was designed by Wilfred Cutshaw to resemble Pompey’s Pillar in Egypt. It was built at a cost of $30000 and remained in place at the intersection of North 29th Street and Libby Terrace until Democratic Mayor of Richmond Levar Stoney used “emergency powers†citing public safety concerns regarding the ongoing nationwide protests and riots that occurred at the height of the “cancel culture†frenzy that followed the death of George Floyd to order the removal of all Confederate monuments from the city in 2020. <br /> <br /> <p>For more information see “F. M. Sherry†at the American Civil War Research Database President Lincoln’s “Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction†at the Freedmen and Southern Society Project website and Mayor Stoney’s official decree ordering the removal of Richmond’s Confederate monuments available online at YouTube.<br /> <br /> <p>Very scarce Virginia Reconstruction era documents. At the time of listing no other examples of them are available for sale in the trade. The Rare Book Hub shows none have appeared at public auction. OCLC shows no Richmond loyalty certificates are held by institutions; however it is likely some are contained within four other personal papers collections at the University of Virginia. It also shows no monument association donation certificates are held by institutions although it is almost certain that at least one is within the association’s papers collection which is held by the Virginia Historical Society. unknown
186535417Washington DC: War Department 1865. Paper. Good. Document. Approx. 10" x 8". 1 page. Document is dated February 18 1865. Contents relate to return of ordinance distributed in 1864. It is signed by Jno R. McGuiness. Below his order is the signature of Lt. Adam F. Cottrell Co "C" 6th E. Tenn Infty 23rd Corps. Document has a chip on the center left edge. War Department unknown
18972415Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1897. Format 15 x 21 cm. Geprägtes rotes Leinen mit goldener Rückenbeschriftung und Deckelabbildungen. Ecken und Kanten etwas berieben und bestoßen. Bindung und Block fest. Seiten sauber und frisch. Drei-Seiten-Pfauenschnitt. Gutes Exemplar. 1282 Seiten. 1. Auflage. Leinen.
19002417Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1900. Format 15 x 21 cm. Geprägtes rotes Leinen mit goldener Rückenbeschriftung und Deckelabbildungen. Ecken und Kanten berieben und bestoßen. Bindung und Block fest. Seiten sauber und frisch. Besitzerstempel auf Vorsatz. Drei-Seiten-Pfauenschnitt. Längsseite mit Querstrich. Ca. 30 kurze rote Markierungsstriche unter Regimentsnamen. Sonst gutes Exemplar. 1368 Seiten. 1. Auflage. Leinen.
181210137adressées au Ministre de la Guerre :1- Bayonne le 15 février 1812 ; il lui annonce son arrivée à Bayonne où il vient d’être nommé commandant de la 11e division militaire et de la réserve (in-folio, 1 p.).2- Bayonne, le 25 août 1812 ; il lui annonce l’arrivée de M. Portal, chef de la 5e cohorte au 1er bataillon et qui va prendre le commandement de celle qui est à urrugne sur la Bidassoa (in-folio, 1 p.).
184731761Brazos Island Texas 1847. Document. Very good. 2 8" x 10" sheets of paper. The first document signed at the bottom by Capt. A B Eaton from Brazos Island is dated December 15th 1847 and is addressed to Major Thos. B Eastland q.m. The document reads "Major - I respectfully require of the Quartermaster's Department the necessary transportation receipts in bulk for the Subs Stores herewith invoiced as required by Par 1088 Army Regulations. - Respectfully Your Obt Servt A B Eaton Capt .sp" The second document signed by Eaton on December 17th 1847 is also addressed to Eastland and has the same exact content as the first letter not a copy as the date is different and the writing has variation. A collection of Thomas B. Eastland's papers is held by the California Historical Society. <br /> <br /> From the Confederate Veteran February 1911 "Eastland Family" "Thomas B. Eastland came to Nashville where he was engaged in business until about 1840 when he went to New Orleans to engage in the cotton brokerage business and where he continued until the breaking out of the Mexican War during which he served under General Zachary Taylor as major." Thomas B. Eastland's diary titled To California Through Texas and Mexico: The Diary of Thomas B. Eastland and Joseph G. Eastland His Son was published by the California Historical Society in 1939 and is 59 pages long.<br /> <br /> From wikipedia: in 1846 ".it Brazos Island was the first military objective of the US Navy in support of General Zachary Taylor's invasion of Mexico. Control over this important seaport was said by Harvard historian Leroy Graf to be the primary reason for the US invasion of Mexico. From Padre Island NS Historic Research Study Chapter 3 "After the outbreak of hostilities Brazos Island became the primary staging area for the continuing campaign. Volunteers from throughout Texas and the Mississippi Valley converged on the Island and headed inland for camps at Point Isabel and along the Rio Grande."<br /> <br /> Amos Beebe Eaton the signer of these documents 1806-1877 was a career officer in the United States Army. He was General Zachary Taylor's Chief Commissary of Subsidence during the Mexican War. He was a graduate of West Point in 1826 and was made Brevet Major General of the Union Army in 1865 appointed by Andrew Johnson. unknown
180279891- Lettre in-4, du 10 vendémiaire an 10, à bord du Foudroyant à l'île d'Aix, au Ministre de la Marine et des colonies qu'il informe que les troupes sont au complet dans l'état de l'embarquement ; l'Amiral Decrès semble ignorer qu'il a été nommé Ministre la veille, le 9 vendémiaire an X. Petite bande à droite découpée avec atteinte au texte. 2- L.S., in-folio, 2 pp., en-tête bois gravé emblématique "Liberté des mers", le Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies au Contre-amiral Linois à Cadix, du 29 vendémiaire an 10 (Decrès est fraichement Ministre), au sujet de l'amarinage (capture) du vaisseau anglais l'Annibal ; un officier anglais, le capitaine Ferris, s'était plaint des officiers français et espagnols. Le Ministre estime que ces plaintes sont "suffisamment détruites par le témoignage qu'il a lui-même rendu...". Intéressant document concernant la capture du vaisseau anglais l'Annibal par Linois, au large de Cadix.
