Campaign in Spain. LETTER FROM NICOLAS DE LOVERDO TO MARSHAL MASSÉNA, Valladolid, November 29th, 1812. 18906-4

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Spanish Campaign. LETTER FROM NICOLAS DE LOVERDO TO MARSHAL MASSÉNA, Valladolid 29 November 1812. 18906-4

Nicolas de Loverdo is requesting his departure from Spain, where he has been suffering physically and mentally for two years.

"Your Excellency,
Here is the third year that I spend St. Andrew's Day in Spain. It is not the best way to celebrate a day of true celebration for me. I can only gather my officers and have them drink a few bottles of Bordeaux wine to your health. Couldn't this blessed Saint, to whom I am very devoted, perform a little miracle in my favor? I ask no other grace than to be extracted from a country where I suffer physically and mentally.
I believe I have paid my debt enough with a stay of over two years in Spain, and as I have no intention of building castles here, I would like to be thrown elsewhere.
Rescue one of your most faithful from the captivity of Babylon.
Please accept, my Prince, my wishes for your well-being and happiness, as well as the tribute of my deep respect and unwavering devotion.
Valladolid, 19 November 1812.
Your devoted,"
Signed: N. Lorendo

Dimensions: 25.5 cm x 21.8 cm.
2-page letter.
Good condition, folding marks, small tear on the right edge (outside of text), left edge reinforced.

* Nicolas Michielacato, Count de Loverdo, born on August 6, 1773 in the village of Kontogennada, in the Palikí district of the Ionian island of Cephalonia, died on July 26, 1837 in Paris, was a general of Greek origin, naturalized French during the Revolution and the Empire.
He is the son of the Venetian Count Georges Loverdo, governor of Ithaca, and Rubina Cimara.

Reference : 18906-4

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