Letters from Larrey to his daughter [Charlotte] Isaure
- Dominique Jean Larrey, 1766-1842, Baron Larrey; Surgeon-in chief of the Napoleonic army
- Date:
- 1805-1842
- Reference:
- MS.5318
- Part of:
- Larrey, Dominique Jean (1766-1842), Baron Larrey; Surgeon-in-chief of the Napoleonic army
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
Letters from Larrey to his daughter [Charlotte] Isaure (1798-1855), afterwards Mme Périer, mainly while on campaign with the army:
1-31 Mainly while on campaign in Prussia, Spain and Austria, 1805-1809.
32-50 Mainly on campaign in Russia, Poland and Prussia, 1811-1814.
51-61 Letters 1817-1842.
62. Letter to Isaure Larrey from Julie Candeille, Mme Simons (1767-1834).
Publication/Creation
1805-1842
Physical description
62 items
Acquisition note
Items 1-50 were formerly in the Bibliotheca Lindesiana (cf. MS. 5316) until sold at Sotheby's 30 Nov.-3 Dec. 1925, lot 1034. They were purchased at Stevens' 23 Sept. 1930, lots 234, 359. Items 51-62 were acquired from various sources, 1930-32.
Finding aids
Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
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Accession number
- acc. 56561, 56424