Lettre d'un habitant de Paris à un médecin à Caen

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4 pp.; in-folio; handwritten in French; no name or signature of sender;;Letter from a citizen of Paris to M. Dan de la Vautrie, physician in Caen, 17.2.1814;;Written testimony on surroundings and prevailing uncertainty in Paris [before the first Restoration]; repeated military successes of the emperor [Napoleon] against Russian and Prussian forces; some retreat of Austrian army; but defeated forces have still enormous ressources; wounded French soldiers swamp Paris;;Surrender of St. Quentin, to a division of Bernadote army; bringing to terms of several towns in the north;