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GROUCHY EMMANUEL DE: (1766-1847) - GROUCHY EMMANUEL DE: (1766-1847) Marshal of France. Marquis de Grouchy. A good L.S., ` Le G [ener] al Em. Grouchy´, with few corrections and amendments in the hand of Grouchy, one page, 4to, Nantes, 2nd October 1793, to the Administrators of the Department of the Loire, in French. Grouchy refers to the military escorts requested for the grain convoys and explains how the request was incorrectly submitted, stating in part `.. .à qui a été demandé hier une escorte pour protéger la rentrée des grains; sans doute si vous vous fussiez adressé par écrit à celui de qui doivent émaner tous les ordres relatifs aux mouvements des troupes, il eut été commandé des forces suffisantes pour faire respecter le convoi, ou vous eussiez été informés si les dispositions du général en chef, mettaient dans l´impossibilité de les fournir, n´ayant été appelé à aucune des délibérations des autorités réunies...je n´ai pu concourrir au bien général...concourrir avec eux à tout ce qui peut assurer la prospérité de la république, et au devoir qu´en toute occasion j´ai cherché à remplir. ..´ (Translation: ”... to whom an escort was requested yesterday to protect the grain shipment; no doubt, if you had addressed yourself in writing to the one from whom all orders relating to troop movements should emanate, sufficient forces would have been ordered to ensure the convoy's safety, or you would have been informed if the commander-in-chief's decisions made it impossible to provide them, having not been summoned to any of the deliberations of the assembled authorities... I have been unable to contribute to the common good... to contribute with them to all that can ensure the prosperity of the republic, and to the duty that I have sought to fulfill on every occasion...”) With address leaf. Bearing to the address leaf a red wax seal. Small professional repair to the verso to the spine. G to VG