Bidspirit auction | [HISTORY] - MEJAN Étienne Pierre,

[HISTORY] - MEJAN Étienne Pierre, comte (1766 - 1846) - Milan Under Napoleon: Economy, Politics And Rumours Of War - Autograph letter signed by Etienne Mejan, secretary to Eugène Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy, addressed to Maret, Duke of Bassano, dated Milan, September 20, 1811, 4 pp., folio. “His Imperial Highness (Eugène) has been away for two days, to go and receive his sister, Queen Hortense, at the Borromeo Palace... His Majesty has been kind enough to grant me a gratuity of 50,000 francs... it has enabled me to settle most of my debts... public opinion is still good, although our financial situation is not very bright The impossibility of exporting silks abroad is causing great harm... and reducing trade... a rather great scarcity of circulating capital... for the first time, the treasury had not yet been able, by the tenth of this month, to pay the senators’ salaries... the return to Paris of the Duke of Otranto (Fouché) was also the occasion for a great deal of gossip... War with Russia... it was spread here that all the Russians had left Paris on the same day and it was concluded that war was imminent, and that this was what had prompted the recall of the Duke of Otranto... war against Russia would find supporters... General Pastol... had his divorce pronounced by the Court of Bologna... the judgment was rendered... on the grounds of adultery”. Two pages follow all the gossip from Milan and the surrounding area. From the Brouwet Collection. •⁠> This lot is located in and ships from Switzerland. Import duties, VAT, and clearance charges will apply in the destination country and are the buyer's responsibility.