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STENDHAL [i.e. Marie Henri Beyle (1783-1842)]. Autograph letter (written as secretary to the signatory, Count Daru), addressed to Count Germain (Minister Plenipotentiary in Würzburg), Erfurt, 28 April 1813, 1½ pages, folio (contemporary endorsement in top left corner, integral leaf removed, remains of guard at left-hand edge).
Referring to Count Germain's despatch to the Emperor Napoleon on the 25th, and orders for supplies to be requisitioned for the 4th corps by the bailiwick of Königshofen, including 500 cattle, 2,500 sacks of flour, 1,000 sacks of oats and 6,000 pots of eau-de-vie, emphasising the urgency of the orders.
Count Pierre Daru (1767-1829), a cousin of Stendhal's father, was Intendant Général of the Grande Armée and Stendhal's patron during the Napoleonic wars (in 1805 Stendhal had briefly fallen in love with Daru's wife, Alexandrine). After his return from Russia, Daru engaged him as his secretary for the Austrian campaign. Stendhal left Paris on 19 April 1813 and reached Erfurt a week later, the writing of the present letter thus being among his earliest secretarial duties. In May he witnessed the battle of Bautzen where his observations provided him with material later used in his description of the battle of Waterloo in La Chartreuse de Parme.
Referring to Count Germain's despatch to the Emperor Napoleon on the 25th, and orders for supplies to be requisitioned for the 4th corps by the bailiwick of Königshofen, including 500 cattle, 2,500 sacks of flour, 1,000 sacks of oats and 6,000 pots of eau-de-vie, emphasising the urgency of the orders.
Count Pierre Daru (1767-1829), a cousin of Stendhal's father, was Intendant Général of the Grande Armée and Stendhal's patron during the Napoleonic wars (in 1805 Stendhal had briefly fallen in love with Daru's wife, Alexandrine). After his return from Russia, Daru engaged him as his secretary for the Austrian campaign. Stendhal left Paris on 19 April 1813 and reached Erfurt a week later, the writing of the present letter thus being among his earliest secretarial duties. In May he witnessed the battle of Bautzen where his observations provided him with material later used in his description of the battle of Waterloo in La Chartreuse de Parme.
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