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Egerton MS 2344

Record Id:
032-001983297
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001983297
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2344
Title:

LETTERS and papers of Baron Louis Charles Theodore de Gelb, General in the French service, and his family; 1776-1816, in French :-

1. Letters to Baron de Gelb from:-

[Claude Louis] Comte de Saint-Germain, Minister of War; Versailles, 8 May, 1776, f. 1. [Christian] Prince des Deux-Ponts; Paris, 8 Oct. 1776, f. 4. Victor Broglie [Claude Victor, Prince de Broglie (?), Secretary to the National Assembly others; Paris, 7 Mar. 1791, f. 10. Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, commanding the "année de Condé," or of the "Émigrés;" Marientraut, Lingenfeld, Shweigenheim, Germesheim, etc., 11 May-10 Sept. 1793. Holograph; with seals. ff. 14- 30, 33-55, 58-63.

2. Orders of Louis XVI., addressed to commanding officers on grant of commissions to Baron Gelb, 10 June, 1776, 31 May, 1782, 7 Aug. 1787. Signed; the first with seal. ff. 2, 6, 8.

3. Appointment of Baron Gelb to be aide-de-camp; 1 Apr. 1791. Signed by the king. f. 13.

4. Military order signed by Baron de Gelb; Guermesheim, 5 June, 1793, f. 31.

5. Passport in favour of Baron de Gelb, signed by the Prince de Condé; Germesheim, 18 Aug. 1793. With seal. Fr. and Germ. Printed. f. 56.

6. [Dagobert Sigismund] Comte de Wurmser, Austrian General, to Baron de Gelb; 19 May, [1793 ?]. Signed. f. 64.

7. Letters to the Baroness de Gelb, widow of Baron de Gelb, from:-

The Prince de Condé; Hagenau, 9 Dec. 1793, Mulheim, 29 July, 1795, Mermingen, 2 Aug., 10 Nov. 1796. Holograph, and signed; with seals. ff. 65, 68, 70, 72. Prince Ferdinand [Maximilien Mériadec] de Rohan-[Guéméné], Archeveque Duc Signed. f. 75.de Cambrai; Bruasels, 26 Mar. 1794. With seal. f. 66. [Louis Rend Édouard] Le Cardinal Prince de Rohan; Ettenheim, 26 Jan. 1797. Signed; with seal. f. 73. Max. C. P. D. D. D. P. [a German prince ?]; Rohrbach, 16 June, 1798.

8. Appointment of Louis Charles Théodore de Gelb as Knight of the Order of St. Louis; 29 May, 1816. With a stamped signature of Louis XVIII.; countersigned by [Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke] Maréchal Duc de Feltre; and with the seal of the Ministry of War. f. 76. Paper. Folio. From the Farnborough Fund.

Scope & Content:

Louis Charles Théodore de Gelb, Baron; Lieutenant -General in the French Service: Letters and papers: 1776-1816.

includes:

  • f. 1 Claude Louis de St. Germain, Comte; French Minister of War: Letter to Baron de Gelb: 1776.: Fr.
  • ff. 2, 6, 8 Louis XVI of France: Orders on grant of commissions to Baron Gelb: 1776, 1782, 1787.
  • f. 4 Charles Augustus Christian, Counts Palatine of Zweybrück: Letter to Baron de Gelb: 1776.: Fr.
  • ff. 6, 8 Marquis Philippe Henri de Ségur,; French Minister of War: Instructions: 1782, 1787.: Fr.
  • f. 10 Jean François Rewbell, President of the French Directory: Letter to Baron de Gelb: 1791.: Fr.
  • f. 10 Jean Baptiste Mayer, Deputy to the National Assembly: Letter to Baron Gelb: 1791.: Fr.
  • f. 10 Claude Victor de Broglie, Prince de Broglie; Deputy to the National Assembly: Letter to Baron de Gelb: 1791.: Fr.
  • ff. 14-63, 65, 68, 70, 72 Louis Joseph de Bourbon, 8th Prince de Condé: Passport letters to Baron and Baroness de Gelb: 1793-1796.: Fr.
  • f. 64 Dagobert Siegmund von Wurmser, Count; Austrian General: Letter to Baron de Gelb: 1793.: Fr.
  • f. 66 Ferdinand Maximilien Mériadec Rohan, Archbishop-Duke of Cambrai: to the Baroness de Gelb: 1794.: Fr.
  • f. 73 Louis René Edouard de Rohan, Cardinal; Bishop of Strassburg: Letter to the Baroness de Gelb: 1797.: Fr.
  • f. 76 Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, Duc de Feltre; French Minister of War: Appointment of L. C. T. de Gelb as Knight of St. Louis: 1816.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Egerton Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-001983297
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1776
End Date:
1816
Date Range:
1776-1816
Era:
CE
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Names:
Bourbon, Louis Joseph de, 8th Prince de Condé
Broglie, Claude Victor, Prince de Broglie, Deputy to the National Assembly
Charles Augustus Christian, Counts Palatine of Zweybrück
Clarke, Henri Jacques Guillaume, Duc de Feltre, French Minister of War
Gelb, Louis Charles Théodore, Baron, army officer, fl 1776-1816
Louis XVI, of France
Mayer, Jean Baptiste, Deputy to the National Assembly
Rewbell, Jean François, President of the French Directory
Rohan, Ferdinand Maximilien Mériadec, Archbishop-Duke of Cambrai
Rohan, Louis René Edouard de, Cardinal, Bishop of Strassburg
St. Germain, Claude Louis, Comte, French Minister of War
Ségur, Philippe Henri, Marquis, French Minister of War
Wurmser, Dagobert Siegmund, Count, Austrian General